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Germany is positioned excellently for chip production, why would you consider that a bad investment?
by hans1729 5y ago
Germany is positioned excellently for chip production, why would you consider that a bad investment?
- sichtlinkair 5y agoGenuinely curious why Germany's position is excellent for chip production?
- lispm 5y agoBecause it has one of the two largest clusters for that industry in Europe: Dresden/Saxony. The other one is Grenoble, France. https://www.dw.com/en/bosch-is-the-new-star-in-silicon-saxony-microchip-cluster/a-57767731 https://www.dw.com/en/bosch-is-the-new-star-in-silicon-saxon...
- bildung 5y agoThere are already quite a few plants (Globalfoundries, Bosch, Infineon, TI, Osram, ...) so the qualified work force is there. Germany is also pretty heavy on high tech production, so there's a big existing supplier network. Key suppliers like ASML are nearby (Both the Netherlands and Germany are part of the Schengen Agreement, so logistics-wise almost as open as cross-state transports within the US).
- samus 5y agoMinor nitpick: Schengen does not matter, membership in the customs union does. For shipping, availability and quality of infrastructure is more important.
- rsynnott 5y agoSchengen and in the customs union is still a little better than non-Schengen and in the customs union (eg Ireland), but yeah, the customs union is the main thing.
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- artemonster 5y agoits not. you have to have _TEST HOUSES_ nearby. and this would mean, like for most of germany semiconductor output, that these wafers are flown to china for testing & assembly.
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- sdiepend 5y agoSeems strange they have to do that when there is: https://www.imec-int.com/en/applications/advanced-semiconductor-process-technology#testing https://www.imec-int.com/en/applications/advanced-semiconduc...
- Panoramix 5y agoHow about Fraunhofer, IMEC, Amkor, AEMtec, ICsense, Infineon...?