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Yeah I agree. Mostly just don't like the use of num jobs x minimum wage - I don't think it's a useful comparison for fabs. > These are not smartphone factories
by datpiff 4y ago
Yeah I agree. Mostly just don't like the use of num jobs x minimum wage - I don't think it's a useful comparison for fabs.
> These are not smartphone factories.
Exactly!
- eggy 4y agoI used min. wage as a Fermi solution - back of the envelope - since I am not an industry expert or insider and the product was an HN comment. The article about the Ohio plant was quoted for the 50,000 jobs figure. I am interested in manufacturing in general coming back to the U.S., so it intrigued me that S. Korea is making the "world's largest chip center" contrasted with all of the news I've been hearing over the past 5 years about chip manufacturing as an investment strategy in the U.S.