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If fabs everywhere cost the same, why would you build a new fab in the US instead of closer to where the final product will be assembled?
by yorwba 7y ago
If fabs everywhere cost the same, why would you build a new fab in the US instead of closer to where the final product will be assembled?
- sytelus 7y agoI know these would e controversial but here it goes: 1. You want fabs in a country where IP laws are protected so third parties don't get their designs stolen. 2. Critical tech from a military/trade perspective. 3. Other governments don't get to introduce secret low-level artifacts such as microcode into chips which runs whole world. 4. General availability of a higher level of capital for research. 5. The confluence of talent from all over the world can contribute to state of the art advancement.
- WrtCdEvrydy 7y agoNah, you should look at how China's supply chains are set up, you can get chips half a mile up the road that would be 30 miles away in the US. It's not even labor cost anymore.