3 ms·
How many millions of people do you need to be self sufficient for 3nm semiconductors on Mars? TSMC has 65,000 employees. ASML has 32,000 employees and 5000 su
by narrator 4y ago
How many millions of people do you need to be self sufficient for 3nm semiconductors on Mars? TSMC has 65,000 employees. ASML has 32,000 employees and 5000 suppliers. I think at some point the Mars project would reach a point where you hit a population ceiling because too much stuff that couldn't be made on Mars would have to be imported and there aren't frequent enough launch windows or cargo capacity to do it.
- mr_toad 4y ago> How many millions of people do you need to be self sufficient for 3nm semiconductors on Mars? At a guess, 23.19 However you don’t need the latest process node to produce most electronics. And integrated circuits are probably the last thing you’d produce off world.
- monocasa 4y agoBecause of that, I think it's more likely we'll build up an micro g manufacturing base. Manufacturing without super fund sites, and you can drop the finished goods in any gravity well that wants them, earth or mars.
- narrator 4y agoDon't you think manufacturing semiconductors in deep space adds even more complexity on top of the already ridiculous complexity of doing it on Earth or Mars?
- marcosdumay 4y agoIt looks to me that doing almost anything in deep space adds less complexity than doing it on Mars. But I agree about Earth.
- Teever 4y agoI think a better question is how many hundreds, or thousands of people do you need to be self sufficient for 45nm semiconductors on Mars.