These "investments" may not all be about $, these might include country security/wellbeing/future as well. Ever wonder what's behind the TSMC 2 fabs being built in Arizona???
The US .gov is pumping a lot of money into new onshore semiconductor plants including a new TSMC factory. It seems reasonable to create a market for these plants by driving the price of offshore chips higher.
These new plants are considered vital to our national security.
To unerstand the scope of .gov involvement Google for 'us govt funding new semiconductor plants'. Every hog is munching at this trough full of money.
The US .gov is pumping a lot of money into new onshore semiconductor plants including a new TSMC factory. It seems reasonable to create a market for these plants by driving the price of offshore chips higher.
These new plants are considered vital to our national security.
To unerstand the scope of .gov involvement Google for 'us govt funding new semiconductor plants'. Every hog is munching at this trough full of money.
The US .gov is pumping a lot of money into new onshore semiconductor plants including a new TSMC factory. It seems reasonable to create a market for these plants by driving the price of offshore chips higher.
These new plants are considered vital to our national security.
To unerstand the scope of .gov involvement Google for 'us govt funding new semiconductor plants'. Every hog is munching at this trough full of money.
These new plants are considered vital to our national security.
These new plants are considered vital to our national security.
Who is attacking the US? Who is threatening?
These new plants are considered vital to our national security.
Who is attacking the US? Who is threatening?
No comment
These new plants are considered vital to our national security.
Who is attacking the US? Who is threatening?
No comment
Why?
These new plants are considered vital to our national security.Who is attacking the US? Who is threatening?No commentWhy?He could tell you, but then he'd have to kill you.
These new plants are considered vital to our national security.
Who is attacking the US? Who is threatening?
Even if there is a threat, will you eat 3nm chips or the capitalization of companies?
China should just stick 2 fingers up and cash in the near trillion dollars of debt they hold,28 days terms or we send the bailiffs in.
I remember the US D-Ram tariffs for Japanese memory in the late 80s/early 90s. Here in Canada, it was finally cheaper to ship in memory direct instead of getting it from US distributors. It was a mess if you wanted to ship PCs from Canada to the USA.
I remember the US D-Ram tariffs for Japanese memory in the late 80s/early 90s. Here in Canada, it was finally cheaper to ship in memory direct instead of getting it from US distributors. It was a mess if you wanted to ship PCs from Canada to the USA.
Wasn't that when Japan was accused of "dumping" on the DRAM chips?
Best,
The US is under constant "attack" 24/7/365, maybe not physical attacks with guns/tanks/cannons/missiles and such but more of Cyber, IP, Infrastructure type.
National Security involves much more than protecting one's Physical Borders, but IP Borders, Cyber Borders, Financial Borders and Infrastructure Borders as well.
It's well known that Advanced Technology Companies are prime targets for IP theft, and have been for a some time, even from so called "friends" (Remember the 1982 Hitiachi IBM technology theft case, which Hitachi pleaded guilty).
No Government could ever hope to develop the advanced chips we have at our fingertips today, they are far too complex and difficult for any government, even the prestigious DARPA were passed many decades ago in creating advanced CMOS semiconductor technology and general purpose processor chips. So governments are relying on commercial chips, often lots of them, to implement the various forms of "National Security" and protect all the various "Borders". Same goes for Advanced Technology companies which have their own internal structures to prevent IP leaks and theft, many with government "assistance".
Wasn't that when Japan was accused of "dumping" on the DRAM chips?
Once again, I'm sorry for the many naive questions.
If you answer, there will be more understanding in the world, which is necessary for all of us.
Once again, I'm sorry for the many naive questions.
If you answer, there will be more understanding in the world, which is necessary for all of us.
If anybody is inclined to answer, may I suggest that this be done via PM. This thread is deep into the territory which, in his opening post, Dave had explicitly asked us to avoid.
I remember the US D-Ram tariffs for Japanese memory in the late 80s/early 90s. Here in Canada, it was finally cheaper to ship in memory direct instead of getting it from US distributors. It was a mess if you wanted to ship PCs from Canada to the USA.
I remember the US D-Ram tariffs for Japanese memory in the late 80s/early 90s. Here in Canada, it was finally cheaper to ship in memory direct instead of getting it from US distributors. It was a mess if you wanted to ship PCs from Canada to the USA.That was a period when the US was accusing all sorts of people of dumping all sorts of things, many of them Japanese. Those accusations were based on US companies claiming how much various parts of the value chain cost them, with the implicit accusation that nobody could actually be cheaper than "the American way". This was really bogus in many cases, based on highly bloated US figures, especially for things like admin overheads.
If anybody is inclined to answer, may I suggest that this be done via PM. This thread is deep into the territory which, in his opening post, Dave had explicitly asked us to avoid.