TheStar
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- Comment on TSMC Arizona struggles to overcome vast differences between Taiwanese and US work culture 2 months ago:
And that’s why they won’t set up a fab in Europe, the cost of manufacturing would simply be too high.
- Comment on TSMC Arizona struggles to overcome vast differences between Taiwanese and US work culture 2 months ago:
Yup, that’s why I said almost. And tbf TSMC also has a 3nm process. But crucially Samsungs 3 and 5 nm fabs are not in the US, their best fab in Texas only goes down to 14 nm.
- Comment on TSMC Arizona struggles to overcome vast differences between Taiwanese and US work culture 2 months ago:
It’s doubly bad because Asian countries are significantly more productive due to extremely long working hours.
- Comment on TSMC Arizona struggles to overcome vast differences between Taiwanese and US work culture 2 months ago:
They aren’t stubborn, it’s simply way easier for them to make a profit in Taiwan instead. If ever the workers in Taiwan refused 12 hour shifts then TSMC would see the writing on the wall.
Something similar happened when Foxconn first opened iPhone in India.
- Comment on TSMC Arizona struggles to overcome vast differences between Taiwanese and US work culture 2 months ago:
TSMC is a massive company that makes a huge profit. Almost nobody else in the world can make 5nm chips (intel can but they already are setting up in Ohio).
- Comment on TSMC Arizona struggles to overcome vast differences between Taiwanese and US work culture 2 months ago:
A large chunk of ASMLs workforce is in the US actually