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Correct. Too many people think shiny Infinity Loop One office when chips come up. The reality is that chip designers are like 0.1% of the available roles. Fab
by jpgvm 4y ago
Correct.
Too many people think shiny Infinity Loop One office when chips come up. The reality is that chip designers are like 0.1% of the available roles. Fab workers/supervisors/maintenance etc are maybe 25% and the rest is in a very very long tail of supply chain involving lots of vary hazardous chemicals and shitty manual labour.
I'm all for trying to diversify semi-conductor manufacturing but I really doubt Americans have it in them to do what the Chinese/Taiwanese currently do - specifically in the fabs themselves and in the chemical and poly silicate plants that support them.
- coredog64 4y agoThis ignores the fact that there’s a number of companies that currently fab semiconductors in the United States. Phoenix/Mesa is one epicenter, but there’s also some high tech fabs in Oregon and New York.
- jpgvm 4y agoYes, just the fabs. Where do they import the bulk of the chemicals and other inputs from?
- BostonEnginerd 4y agoMany of the chemicals are made domestically as shipping large quantities of pyrophoric chemicals like silane over oceans is challenging. Air Liquide, Air Products, Versum Materials, Brewer Science are all companies with significant US presence.