Comment on A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
Where would they get the chips and batteries?
Comment on A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
Where would they get the chips and batteries?
CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 5 weeks ago
Probably just lean super heavily on Taiwan, and Taiwan is also pledging to build a chip factory in the US. Georgia area, IIRC.
Batteries fucking suck. Can’t live with 'em, can’t live without 'em…but they’re always saying we’re on the cusp of an exciting new battery technology. Lately, they’re touting the idea of better, more efficient sodium batteries with all organic components.
While obviously it has a ways to go to reach working parity with lithium, there are also some big pros when it comes to safety & the ridiculous availability of sodium. If we can switch to sodium batteries, China takes a fucking massive hit.
Firefly7@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
I thought it was Arizona that the Taiwanese company was building in.
It’s actually interesting as a sort of exception-proving-the-rule because with the chip factory they discovered they simply couldn’t run its creation without having a bunch of skilled workers come over from Taiwan. which in turn caused culture shock/clash issues between the Taiwanese and American workers.
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
I also hate batteries. Batteries suck.