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I suspect that the federal government thinks that Intel will go bankrupt and they don’t want to tie their center to a part of the country without much intellect
by osnium123 2y ago
I suspect that the federal government thinks that Intel will go bankrupt and they don’t want to tie their center to a part of the country without much intellectual capital (no world class universities, etc).
- lotsofpulp 2y agoFeds are not going to let America’s best fabrication operator go out of business. But, now that the federal government is paying for it, federal legislators are going to want to see money flowing to various districts so they can tell their constituents how much money they brought back for them.
- insane_dreamer 2y agoThere is no way that the US is letting Intel fail -- having a strong competitor in advanced chips is a national security matter.
- osnium123 2y agoTSMC and Samsung are expanding fabs in the US so the US can make do without Intel if needed.
- smolder 2y agoYes, but so is Intel, thanks to the CHIPS act.
- insane_dreamer 2y agoNo, that’s very different from a government perspective, especially in TSMC’s case.