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The expensive part isn't getting the labor, it's building and operating the facilities - and then the profit margins aren't even that great. The existing chip
by gridlockd 6y ago
The expensive part isn't getting the labor, it's building and operating the facilities - and then the profit margins aren't even that great.
The existing chip manufacturers are sufficient to supply global demand, creating more competition there is pointless from an economic perspective. It only makes sense from a national security perspective.
- magicsmoke 6y agoAnd from the perspective of the labor, what good are your highly specialized skills on a million dollar machine if you don't have a million dollar machine? Your only choice is to work for the few companies that own one and take whatever pay they offer you to try and make up for the decade+ of lost income from grad school.