New chip factory TSMC to open in Arizona "to make the U.S. self-reliant in chips" won't be able to make finished chips: the chips produced there will still have to be sent to Taiwan to be completed.

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml · 2 years ago

New chip factory TSMC to open in Arizona "to make the U.S. self-reliant in chips" won't be able to make finished chips: the chips produced there will still have to be sent to Taiwan to be completed.

judgeholden@hexbear.net · edit-2 2 years ago

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BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net · 2 years ago

Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net · 2 years ago

Americans can’t even get their cheap knockoff version of Juche to work. Sad.

Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml · 2 years ago

Friend of mine is working on that project, was actually relocated to the US for it, and it is apparently a mess. Among other things, they are apparently really struggling to find anyone who actually wants to work there.

keepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.net · 2 years ago

Why Arizona specifically? Aren’t there better places in the US?

Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml · 2 years ago

I talked with him about this before, and a big part was because Intel has a big presence there already so a lot of locals have education/experience in working with semiconductors. Which apparently isn’t helping them find willing workers still. I would also wager there are probably tax incentives being given too, that is usually a big motivator for companies.

keepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.net · 2 years ago

Tax and some resource regulations maybe. I know that some places got jump-started in some industries because of lax water regulations.

ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml · 2 years ago

America stays losing

New chip factory TSMC to open in Arizona "to make the U.S. self-reliant in chips" won't be able to make finished chips: the chips produced there will still have to be sent to Taiwan to be completed.

New chip factory TSMC to open in Arizona "to make the U.S. self-reliant in chips" won't be able to make finished chips: the chips produced there will still have to be sent to Taiwan to be completed.

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