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> American fabs source heavily from a pool of people with a background in the US military. I wonder what historical factors contributed to that tendency? What
by wyldfire 6y ago
> American fabs source heavily from a pool of people with a background in the US military.
I wonder what historical factors contributed to that tendency? What are the forces against starting a new business in this space -- it must be an enormous undertaking to build the production facility?
- HeadsUpHigh 6y agoProbably in the tens of billions plus a decade to get something advanced working. You can do older nodes yes, and there is plenty of business there but your competitors have already amortized those costs and have business relationships built already.
- redis_mlc 6y ago> it must be an enormous undertaking to build the production facility It's impossible for any kind of startup to build a modern fab because of the billions in capital needed, and the risk of never getting a working process (ask Intel about how hard that is.) An established company could probably get the DOD or state handouts to finance most of it, but you still have the risky fab process right, which is chemical-based. And even if you could, you'd need a reason to build a fab, which becomes obsolete the minute it's online.