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Countries with manufacturing under government control haven't fared that well. The US has led a lot of fab investments over the past 1-2 years, with at least se
by N1H1L 5y ago
Countries with manufacturing under government control haven't fared that well. The US has led a lot of fab investments over the past 1-2 years, with at least seven new fabs under construction from Intel and TSMC. The America Competes Act, if passed will be a great fillip, and the chances are that it will be passed looks high at the moment.
The previous president, (not naming him just to keep things a bit apolitical) also had tons of bad ideas. A huge amount of the US advanced tech industry (such as semiconductors or EVs) depends on foreign talent, and publishing a Stephen Miller drafted Executive Order (No. 13940 - August 2020) with the stated purpose of disallowing any visa holders to work in a government contractor (which includes almost every tech company from Intel to Nvidia to Google) is a stupid move, and would have been suicidal.
- the-dude 5y agoIf you wanted to keep it apolitical, why are you dragging a completely separate issue related to a certain, unnamed, but very well know person into the thread?
- CamperBob2 5y agoThe overwhelming lesson of the preceding four-year administration is that everything is political. You may ignore politics, but rest assured, politics doesn't ignore you. Bad things tend to happen when you try.
- N1H1L 5y agoHiring people, which was honestly the most routine thing, has become insanely political. If an organization's employee list becomes a political point, then how are you going to escape that?
- N1H1L 5y agoThis is not an unrelated issue. You want chip fabs in the US. Great. Who is going to run them if Executive Orders prevent you from hiring fab scientists? Why is that "unrelated"? Chip fabs don't run themselves.