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Because fabs are so expensive to build and run, yet each individual chip built is so cheap, it's always going to be more economical for a single fab to service
by notriddle 6y ago
Because fabs are so expensive to build and run, yet each individual chip built is so cheap, it's always going to be more economical for a single fab to service lots of customers than to have a fab that only serves the military. The military will probably fund a lot of new fab construction, but they will not be the sole customer.
Like the Interstate Highway system, basically.
- monocasa 6y agoSure, I'm not saying that the military would own their own fab, just that (like we see with TSMC opening a fab in Arizona) a properly motivated military would heavily subsidize the creation of fabs where they can be assured physical security more than they possibly could on foreign soil.