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Genuinely curious why Germany's position is excellent for chip production?

• lispm 5y ago
  Because 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 ago
  There 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 ago
    Minor nitpick: Schengen does not matter, membership in the customs union does. For shipping, availability and quality of infrastructure is more important.
    • rsynnott 5y ago
      Schengen 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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