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> Welcome to USA. Smart Move TSMC and Taiwan. They've operated in the US for a while now. From the press release: "In the United States, TSMC currently operat

> Welcome to USA. Smart Move TSMC and Taiwan. They've operated in the US for a while now. From the press release: "In the United States, TSMC currently operates a fab in Camas, Washington and design centers in both Austin, Texas and San Jose, California. The Arizona facility would be TSMC’s second manufacturing site in the United States." > You have earned a friend for life. What a bizarre comment. If they leave, are they your enemy for life then?

product50 6y ago
If you know anything about the geopolitics behind this, this was a forced move which TSMC wouldn't have otherwise done. If TSMC didn't do it, then US State Department would have funded Intel to produce their 5nm fabs here. So yeah, educate yourself and then behave reasonably.
- dntbnmpls 6y ago
  > If you know anything about the geopolitics behind this, this was a forced move which TSMC wouldn't have otherwise done. If you know anything about the geopolitics behind this, this was a forced move which TSMC wouldn't have otherwise done. I know. Where in my comment did I say otherwise? > So yeah, educate yourself and then behave reasonably. Okay, thanks? Did you by any chance respond to the wrong comment? Such bizarre comments in this thread.
  - x86_64Ubuntu 6y ago
    It's rampant nationalism all up and down this thread. Facts be damned.
    - product50 6y ago
      What are the facts? That TSMC willingly and strategically made this move? The writing was on the wall on this one.
- ohyeshedid 6y ago
  What, exactly, is your own understanding of reasonable behaviour?
splintercell 6y ago
> If they leave, are they your enemy for life then? (New) Relationship with strangers can be in one of the 3 categories: - Neutral - Friend - Enemy OP is moving the company into Friend category (from Neutral). I don't know what he'd do if they decide to move back, but if they declare the company as an "enemy" then that creates a perverse incentive where people in Neutral category would refrain from becoming friend because that risks them becoming enemy. So to be prudent OP must move the company into 'Neutral' category again otherwise they won't get future 'Friends'
axaxs 6y ago
> What a bizarre comment. If they leave, are they your enemy for life then? I'm not sure that's fair. There's a lot of room between friend and enemy, here. When breaking up in a relationship under typical circumstances, the other person doesn't normally become an enemy, unless a person is not well adjusted mentally.
sremani 6y ago
Thanks for making me aware of TSMC's existing foundry, I only thought they had design here. As far as bizarre goes -- bizarre is better than boring!
masonic 6y ago
Their Careers search engine shows zero jobs in all of USA (270 worldwide).

product50 6y ago

If you know anything about the geopolitics behind this, this was a forced move which TSMC wouldn't have otherwise done. If TSMC didn't do it, then US State Department would have funded Intel to produce their 5nm fabs here. So yeah, educate yourself and then behave reasonably.

dntbnmpls 6y ago
> If you know anything about the geopolitics behind this, this was a forced move which TSMC wouldn't have otherwise done. If you know anything about the geopolitics behind this, this was a forced move which TSMC wouldn't have otherwise done. I know. Where in my comment did I say otherwise? > So yeah, educate yourself and then behave reasonably. Okay, thanks? Did you by any chance respond to the wrong comment? Such bizarre comments in this thread.
- x86_64Ubuntu 6y ago
  It's rampant nationalism all up and down this thread. Facts be damned.
  - product50 6y ago
    What are the facts? That TSMC willingly and strategically made this move? The writing was on the wall on this one.
ohyeshedid 6y ago
What, exactly, is your own understanding of reasonable behaviour?

splintercell 6y ago

> If they leave, are they your enemy for life then? (New) Relationship with strangers can be in one of the 3 categories: - Neutral - Friend - Enemy OP is moving the company into Friend category (from Neutral). I don't know what he'd do if they decide to move back, but if they declare the company as an "enemy" then that creates a perverse incentive where people in Neutral category would refrain from becoming friend because that risks them becoming enemy. So to be prudent OP must move the company into 'Neutral' category again otherwise they won't get future 'Friends'

axaxs 6y ago

> What a bizarre comment. If they leave, are they your enemy for life then? I'm not sure that's fair. There's a lot of room between friend and enemy, here. When breaking up in a relationship under typical circumstances, the other person doesn't normally become an enemy, unless a person is not well adjusted mentally.

sremani 6y ago

Thanks for making me aware of TSMC's existing foundry, I only thought they had design here. As far as bizarre goes -- bizarre is better than boring!

masonic 6y ago

Their Careers search engine shows zero jobs in all of USA (270 worldwide).