Apparently, expanding production to other countries like the US is plagued with hurdles and increased costs. Leading chip manufacturers Samsung and TSMC...
  • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
    623·
    9 months ago

    Plus, both companies have been experiencing local talent shortages.

    It’s not that there is a shortage of talent in the US, it’s that they want to pay half as much as the US industry.

    • yeather@lemmy.caEnglish
      242·
      9 months ago

      Entire local economies are run around chip manufacturing in South Korea and Taiwan. Plus it’s seen as a matter of national security, the US is more likely to defend and support them if they have these valuable chip plants.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        Be interesting to see the geopolitical ramifications of the US bringing semiconductor plants online.

        • bamboo@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          I predict if the US can make better chips than Taiwan and can fulfill domestic production itself, Taiwan will shift from an asset to a burden and the US would stop caring nearly as much. The rhetoric will stay approximately the same, but I doubt the US would go to war at that point for Taiwan.

    • yeather@lemmy.caEnglish
      181·
      9 months ago

      Entire local economies are run around these chip manufacturing. Plus it’s seen as a matter of national security, the US is more likely to defend and support them if they have these valuable chip plants.