If you haven’t read this thread about making microchips in the United States (because all the manufacturing is going to magically start up in the US now that Trump has turned on the magic tariff tap), you really should.
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Pookleblinky
A cool thing about building foundries to make microchips is it takes like a decade for the factory to be built and then actually break even.
And pretty much as soon as it breaks even, it is already in need of expensive and lengthy overhauling.
Taiwan makes half of the world's semiconductors.
And pretty much as soon as it breaks even, it is already in need of expensive and lengthy overhauling.
Taiwan makes half of the world's semiconductors.
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(a) has long lead times
(b) has nine-digit cost *per machine*, and
(c) is from a country they want to apply 20% (I think) tariffs to