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> $145 million dollars is pocket change to Big Tech. That's the Taiwan price. What's the domestic multiplier on that price? What is the time to market price
by topspin 6y ago
> $145 million dollars is pocket change to Big Tech.
That's the Taiwan price. What's the domestic multiplier on that price? What is the time to market price to pay if you're trying to pull this off far from the competitive suppliers and experienced tool makers in Asia?
Andy Grove explained all of this 10 years ago[1]. Today we see Intel toying with farming out high end fab work; another milestone in the decline of US technology that Andy wrote about.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-07-01/andy-grove-how-america-can-create-jobs https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-07-01/andy-grov...
- raverbashing 6y agoThis article is priceless. Thanks for linking it. > But what kind of a society are we going to have if it consists of highly paid people doing high-value-added work—and masses of unemployed?