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> HK has a number of abandoned fabs built up to nineties technology level. They were once built by no name electronics companies in nineties, but they all went
by aeontech 8y ago
> HK has a number of abandoned fabs built up to nineties technology level. They were once built by no name electronics companies in nineties, but they all went bust during the Asian crisis.
This is __absolutely__ the most cyberpunk thing I've read all year. Truly, we live in the future.
A question arises - how much work would it actually be to bring up a fab that's been dead for several (much less a dozen) years? Wouldn't the fab basically need to be ripped apart and completely refurbished by now? Or are the most important pieces fairly immune to physical degradation when abandoned without regular ongoing maintenance?
- baybal2 8y agoQuite a lot, but still incomparable to doing it from scratch. FAB require very unique equipment, not used in any other industry. Like water filtration plants that can make ultra pure deionised water in tenths of cubic metres per hour, process gas recycling plants, industry specific automation equipment, etc Even a nineties tech level, a FAB still costs a megaton of money. The most unique proposition here is that a prospect of getting an actual FAB with a lot of automation, and not a laboratory coaxed into manufacturing role is within the grasp. You can't have that anywhere else in the world.