Perhaps not a popular opinion but at some point it doesn’t matter what it costs to make “stuff” here, like drugs, semi-conductors, you name it, because we cannot be beholden to our allies/adversaries.
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We can’t keep going down the road of cheap goods from China and expect that all will be okay. At least tariffs are a consumption tax.
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mat200
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Was/is this a symptom?
Can they/were they paying them far less than Americans?
Can they/were they paying them far less than Americans?
mat200
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Even if Koreans make less ..
My guess is that they wanted to setup the factory right away and did not want to take time to hire and train a local work force.
We drove by this huge plant last year. I see it is now 44B up from 17B
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Actually, I see a super nice silver lining here .. 2nm instead of 4nm .. heck yeah
"The delay is partly due to changing chip technology needs—Samsung plans to upgrade the fab from 4nm to 2nm process technology."
If they are lacking customers at 4nm, they will be lacking even more at 2nm. Very few applications need the smaller sizes and their associated costs. This stupid "Moore's Law" bullshit has been used as a roadmap (can you say "self-fulfilling prophecy?") by the semiconductor industry for decades, to their own detriment.
I'd opine opposite that. Smaller geometry means more speed and less power going up as heat, both pretty important as mankind wipes himself out with technology.
" The Taylor fab is being equipped to handle a variety of advanced manufacturing processes, including 2nm technology. This capability is necessary to produce not just Tesla's AI chips, but also other advanced chips for a broader market, such as potential orders from Qualcomm."