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That's an interesting development. I can't fathom how TSMC would've let Infineon+NXP into the deal without some level of positive, or negative coercion. For Ge
by baybal2 3y ago
That's an interesting development. I can't fathom how TSMC would've let Infineon+NXP into the deal without some level of positive, or negative coercion.
For Germany, it's an insurance against TSMC possibly bailing out in the future.
The 22nm node is also a very strange choice. It's absolutely not a thing which most of German industry needs, which are microcontroller, high voltage, mixed signal, niche memory, and ASIC friendly nodes.
- kzrdude 3y agoWhich are these ASIC friendly nodes?
- crote 3y ago40nm-ish. IO logic doesn't really scale, so going much beyond that doesn't really make sense when the price per mm2 keeps increasing with every node. If your logic is simple enough that it doesn't really benefit from the increased transistor count or power savings, IO is going to be the main factor when it comes to node selection.
- arlcode 3y agoThey are getting 5bn to build this fab. That gives the government some leverage.
- crote 3y ago> I can't fathom how TSMC would've let Infineon+NXP into the deal without some level of positive, or negative coercion. Easy: Infineon is German, NXP is Dutch, Bosch is German. Germany is not exactly going to give a massive subsidy to a foreign company, but giving one to local companies is "bolstering local economy". And TSMC gets a fab at a 50% discount out of it.