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$7T is the total volume of semiconductor sales over the past 20 years. https://www.wsts.org/ https://www.wsts.org/ $7T would buy more than 100 modern fabs. (T
by itishappy 3y ago
$7T is the total volume of semiconductor sales over the past 20 years.
https://www.wsts.org/ https://www.wsts.org/
$7T would buy more than 100 modern fabs. (TSMC has 4.)
https://www.bcg.com/publications/2023/navigating-the-semiconductor-manufacturing-costs https://www.bcg.com/publications/2023/navigating-the-semicon...
$7T would buy 20 thousand high-NA EUV machines from ASML.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/asml-ships-groundbreaking-new-chipmaking-tool-to-intel-high-na-lithography-tool-needed-for-next-gen-process-nodes-could-cost-dollar400-million https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/asml-ships-g...
$7T would fund both the Apollo and Artemis programs 20 times over. (In today's dollars.)
https://www.space.com/nasa-artemis-moon-program-93-billion-2025 https://www.space.com/nasa-artemis-moon-program-93-billion-2...
$7T is the total volume of trade entering and exiting the US per year.
https://ustr.gov/countries-regions https://ustr.gov/countries-regions
$7T is the GDP of South America and Africa combined.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_South_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_South_America
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Africa
- digdugdirk 3y agoThank you for that. What a delightful dash of context.