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Samsung (South Korea), TSMC (Taiwan) and Intel (US, Israel) locate their fabs in small countries that are heavily dependent on the US for ensuring their neighbo
by posguy 5y ago
Samsung (South Korea), TSMC (Taiwan) and Intel (US, Israel) locate their fabs in small countries that are heavily dependent on the US for ensuring their neighbors do not attack.
Two of those three (TSMC & Intel) are building fabs in Arizona due to political pressure, hefty subsidies and geological stability of the area (reducing the number of defects in chips).
- fooey 5y agoThe fabs in AZ are them fishing for ultra massive government handouts. I'll believe it when I see it if the things actually start producing chips within a couple decades.
- rsj_hn 5y agoYou don't think AZ already has a massive fab industry? What is so hard to believe about two more fabs opening up to add to the four Intel already has in the state, together with the new fab already opened by NXP? It's true that Motorola shut down it's old plant in Mesa, but still there is a large workforce in the area. https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/semiconductor-fabs-dotting-arizona-silicon-desert/ https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/semiconductor-fabs-dot... https://www.phonearena.com/news/construction-of-tsmc-5nm-fab-in-phoenix-begins_id132524 https://www.phonearena.com/news/construction-of-tsmc-5nm-fab...