In case of war the country needs national supply of chips to put in rockets, planes, everything really.
If you make everything in Taiwan and that’s the place that’s getting blockaded by enemy Navy…
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Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 7 months agoI don’t understand why they would want to build in the US? There’s plenty of places with cheaper labour.
iopq@lemmy.world 7 months ago
NoodlePoint@lemmy.world 7 months ago
For that matter, it was the same problem the US then faced back when it was getting much of their electronics from Japan.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Is there some massive geopolitical issue hovering like a guillotine over Taiwan? ;)
Ross_audio@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Because Biden paid them with grants to build in the US. It’s that simple.
Beyond that there’s stability and the likelihood of not being invaded or facing natural disasters.
There’s meant to be government, legal, and financial institution stability too.
As well as intellectual property defense, trade secrets and NDAs.
Material supplies are meant to be stable too.
When you’re investing in something as specialised as chip manufacturing, labour is a fraction of your concern. Both short and long term.