CHIPS act is a disaster so far

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'total failure'


(sarcasm)

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Anonymous wrote:Well they have all these ridiculous restrictions for sourcing of labor. Good luck finding enough skilled people willing to live in Montana to create an apprenticeship program for high-tech manufacturing. Chip fabrication is highly technical/specialized. We cannot teach Americans to do this work without Taiwanese workers to train them.

Sure we can! There are plenty of people willing to move to Montana. It’s beautiful.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.economist.com/business/2024/02/22/tsmc-is-having-more-luck-building-in-japan-than-in-america

Tsmc is able to build and scale in Japan much faster than the us

Different zoning and other approval processes. That is a local issue, not federal.

Who is subsidizing TSMC to do that?

TSM has not yet been awarded a government grant for the Arizona build out. So either Arizona is currently subsidizing, or TSM is footing the buildout. TSM put in a request to bring over workers from Taiwan to work the Arizona factory, arguing that they could not find skilled workers in the US. I do not know if the request was granted. I surely hope not, especially if they are receiving government grants.

Actually, because we have refused to invest in the US, we need the Taiwanese and Chinese to actually teach us their technology. It's completely our fault. Those countries invested in new technology. We screamed when Solera went belly up and stopped investing because of the political blowback. We the US wants to succeed, the government must be willing to invest in R&D - even on projects that fail.

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https://www.economist.com/business/2024/02/22/tsmc-is-having-more-luck-building-in-japan-than-in-america

Tsmc is able to build and scale in Japan much faster than the us



Different zoning and other approval processes. That is a local issue, not federal.


Who is subsidizing TSMC to do that?

TSM has not yet been awarded a government grant for the Arizona build out. So either Arizona is currently subsidizing, or TSM is footing the buildout. TSM put in a request to bring over workers from Taiwan to work the Arizona factory, arguing that they could not find skilled workers in the US. I do not know if the request was granted. I surely hope not, especially if they are receiving government grants.


Actually, because we have refused to invest in the US, we need the Taiwanese and Chinese to actually teach us their technology. It's completely our fault. Those countries invested in new technology. We screamed when Solera went belly up and stopped investing because of the political blowback. We the US wants to succeed, the government must be willing to invest in R&D - even on projects that fail.

+1 million

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.economist.com/business/2024/02/22/tsmc-is-having-more-luck-building-in-japan-than-in-america

Tsmc is able to build and scale in Japan much faster than the us

Different zoning and other approval processes. That is a local issue, not federal.

Who is subsidizing TSMC to do that?

TSM has not yet been awarded a government grant for the Arizona build out. So either Arizona is currently subsidizing, or TSM is footing the buildout. TSM put in a request to bring over workers from Taiwan to work the Arizona factory, arguing that they could not find skilled workers in the US. I do not know if the request was granted. I surely hope not, especially if they are receiving government grants.

Actually, because we have refused to invest in the US, we need the Taiwanese and Chinese to actually teach us their technology. It's completely our fault. Those countries invested in new technology. We screamed when Solera went belly up and stopped investing because of the political blowback. We the US wants to succeed, the government must be willing to invest in R&D - even on projects that fail.

I agree with you, but it would be nice if the companies plowed some of their inflated salaries and profits into R&D as well.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.economist.com/business/2024/02/22/tsmc-is-having-more-luck-building-in-japan-than-in-america

Tsmc is able to build and scale in Japan much faster than the us

Different zoning and other approval processes. That is a local issue, not federal.

Who is subsidizing TSMC to do that?

TSM has not yet been awarded a government grant for the Arizona build out. So either Arizona is currently subsidizing, or TSM is footing the buildout. TSM put in a request to bring over workers from Taiwan to work the Arizona factory, arguing that they could not find skilled workers in the US. I do not know if the request was granted. I surely hope not, especially if they are receiving government grants.

Actually, because we have refused to invest in the US, we need the Taiwanese and Chinese to actually teach us their technology. It's completely our fault. Those countries invested in new technology. We screamed when Solera went belly up and stopped investing because of the political blowback. We the US wants to succeed, the government must be willing to invest in R&D - even on projects that fail.

I agree with you, but it would be nice if the companies plowed some of their inflated salaries and profits into R&D as well.

For many of these companies, they really don't have to capital to invest the millions of dollars on new technology. Most of the companies doing this work are not established like big pharma companies, they are smaller and need the tax incentives to invest.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.economist.com/business/2024/02/22/tsmc-is-having-more-luck-building-in-japan-than-in-america

Tsmc is able to build and scale in Japan much faster than the us

Different zoning and other approval processes. That is a local issue, not federal.

Who is subsidizing TSMC to do that?

TSM has not yet been awarded a government grant for the Arizona build out. So either Arizona is currently subsidizing, or TSM is footing the buildout. TSM put in a request to bring over workers from Taiwan to work the Arizona factory, arguing that they could not find skilled workers in the US. I do not know if the request was granted. I surely hope not, especially if they are receiving government grants.

Actually, because we have refused to invest in the US, we need the Taiwanese and Chinese to actually teach us their technology. It's completely our fault. Those countries invested in new technology. We screamed when Solera went belly up and stopped investing because of the political blowback. We the US wants to succeed, the government must be willing to invest in R&D - even on projects that fail.

I agree with you, but it would be nice if the companies plowed some of their inflated salaries and profits into R&D as well.

For many of these companies, they really don't have to capital to invest the millions of dollars on new technology. Most of the companies doing this work are not established like big pharma companies, they are smaller and need the tax incentives to invest.

Right, and then they get swallowed up by the big boys. Hence the point. The big boys have the money, but the won't invest in innovation. They just buy it up when the time is right.

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It is safe to say that the corporate media will not be giving Biden credit for anything has accomplished.

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Adding 21,000 potentially blue voters to Texas.

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Anonymous wrote:Adding 21,000 potentially blue voters to Texas.

This is probably what the OP meant as a disaster: anything that might compel more people to vote for Democrats is a disaster. Especially in a state that’s on the edge of tipping into a blue state.

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Republicans can’t ever give credit where credit is due.

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