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This monopoly is unavoidable due to the limited number of people in the world with the know-how to make these products, with the second constraint being that yo
by lotsofpulp 1y ago
This monopoly is unavoidable due to the limited number of people in the world with the know-how to make these products, with the second constraint being that you need to risk $10B+ and 10+ years with a risk that you fail.
Edit: per link below, seems like you need $100B+ and 10+ years
- jgeada 1y agoFor reference, TSMC's yearly capital investment budget is about $50B/year (https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2025/03/07/2003833000 https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2025/03/07/200...) This business is expensive, making and running fabs is way way more expensive than most anybody thinks. There are very few companies able to do it profitably.
- andrepd 1y ago> due to the limited number of people in the world with the know-how to make these products Absolutely nothing to do with this lol, and everything to do with it being ridiculously capital-intensive.