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TSMC founder doubts US competence in chip-making

• phendrenad2 6y ago
  > we had to try hard to scout out competent technicians and workers in Arizona because manufacturing jobs have not been popular among American people for decades Listen to what he's saying. It's not just a lack of people who are trained to work on modern chip fab machines, or a lack of people who are trained to work on chip fab machines, it's a lack of people who are trained to work on anything at all. We have an abundance of engineers and untrained laborers, but nothing in-between. It's like we have a hospital full of doctors and janitors, but no nurses. And, note, that the only reason we have enough nurses in hospitals today is thanks to a massive TV ad campaign where colleges spelled out how "hot" and lucrative a career in nursing is.
  • throwaway4good 6y ago
    Yes. Maybe there are some fair points there. But mostly mr. Chang comes across as nationalistic and arrogant. The US obviously can do chip production and also at scale. And maybe this is a hint that TSMC is not being quite honest in their pursuit of an American production facility and this may end up a bit like the Foxconn story.