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which generally cost pennies.
by UncleOxidant 1y ago
which generally cost pennies.
- baq 1y agoIf you want to build a fleet of infantry drones and you want to source components from the US there’s a lot of these and many others to buy. Not sure if there’s $60B of them there but they’ll figure out how to waste this much I’m sure.
- hiddenfinance 1y agoWell if you look at how Feds has being pumping money into Musk's bank account and what brought down the SVB, then $60B may not be that much. At this point as the country that can prints/(adjust db ledger) $60B is nothing.
- wongarsu 1y agoWhich is why they are not planning to make cutting edge semiconductors in the new plant but "foundational semiconductors" aka old nodes that now cost pennies
- chneu 1y agoThese have super low profit margins.
- jonfw 1y agoUS military may be willing to pay more for chips made in the US
- bigfatkitten 1y agoThey apparently make enough money for TI to have continued investing, over many years, in R&D and manufacturing of those devices.
- chneu 1y agoNot really? The r&d isn't expensive because these are legacy/old type chips. There isn't much r&d happening. They're made using old processes. Any r&d is likely using different materials. Military stuff often uses different materials for specific applications. The profits come from raising yields, which is much easier on older nodes.