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> Intel Corp to create a new lobbying group to press for government chip manufacturing subsidies. Assholes. They don't need subsidies to produce chips competi
by mywittyname 6y ago
> Intel Corp to create a new lobbying group to press for government chip manufacturing subsidies.
Assholes. They don't need subsidies to produce chips competitively in America (since they already do) and Intel is one of the reasons the industry is so reliant on TSMC.
I'd much rather see this money go to founding a domestic TSMC competitor than to Intel. Or even to TSMC to have them build plants in North America.
Fabless design is here to stay, so it behooves the country (and world) to have enough designless fabricators to ensure sufficient manufacturing capacity.
- blt 6y agoYes, let's subsidize a domestic TSMC competitor and pay for it by increasing corporate tax rates / closing loopholes. This is not a snarky comment btw.
- jaggederest 6y agoIt's in the same order of magnitude as the interstate highway system, as long as the chips are sold fairly, I think it counts as infrastructure.
- fmakunbound 6y agoTSMC is a member of this Semiconductors in America Coalition lobbying group already, apparently https://www.chipsinamerica.org/about/ https://www.chipsinamerica.org/about/