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> "It was, I thought, a dream fulfilled," Chang said. "But it [the first plant] ran into cost problems. We ran into people problems, we ran into cultural proble
by blueblimp 4y ago
> "It was, I thought, a dream fulfilled," Chang said. "But it [the first plant] ran into cost problems. We ran into people problems, we ran into cultural problems. The dream fulfilled became a nightmare fulfilled. It took us several years to untangle ourselves from my nightmare, and I decided that I needed to postpone the dream."
What makes this time different, in particular regarding people problems? Isn't the US high skill immigration system as broken as it's ever been?
- mewse-hn 4y agoI think the context is important: this was a political event where the US president made an appearance, and all the tech CEOs lined up to say the age of China is over. There's little evidence that new fabs won't run into the same problems they ran into in the mid 90s. What's different this time is there is political will all the way to the top in keeping this chip making capacity on-shore. It remains to be seen whether that political motivation translates to on-the-ground differences (cynical view: unlikely).
- navi0 4y agoYes, I wondered the same. What were the cultural and people problems encountered last time? Were Americans not educated/skilled enough to operate the fab? Did they not want to work the hours necessary to reach required yield thresholds? And how is that being managed this time?