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I have no knowledge of this field, but my naive question would be, wouldn't building such advanced products involve so much more automation relative to number o

I have no knowledge of this field, but my naive question would be, wouldn't building such advanced products involve so much more automation relative to number of human workers, that the salary of workers doesn't affect the cost that much?

alephnerd 3y ago
> the salary of workers doesn't affect the cost that much It doesn't and that's why Intel still has foundaries in Oregon and Arizona. The difference is TSMC's leadership doesn't want to play ball with American work culture and wants to keep pushing the 996 mentality (yes, even Taiwan has an extreme overwork and underpay problem). The Foundary space is a very low margin industry. There's a reason why the only companies left are TSMC, Samsung, Intel, and GlobalFoundaries. While the TSMC plant in Chandler has been plagued with bad press, the Intel plant right next door has been expanding with almost no hiccups.