There are very few companies that actually own fabs for mass production in the United States. AMD use to own fabs but they sold them quite some time ago. By vi

There are very few companies that actually own fabs for mass production in the United States. AMD use to own fabs but they sold them quite some time ago. By virtue of being one of the five companies (while also being the largest) you’re going to easily get the money. As for why, fabs are a tremendous resource for a specialized economy and will easily become a national security risk due to how wide spread they are in the military and to sell advanced products. There’s also a de globalization movement that’s been underway for nearly a decade. Having a country whose neighbors aren’t in a politically stable region of the world is a future disaster. It’s also proven to be a disastrous domestic policy where supply constraints crunches every company. It’s likely going to take a decade to resolve the supply chain issues and it nearly takes half a decade to bring a new fab online. edit: spelling