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Mountain_Skies
on July 25, 2025
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AMD CEO sees chips from TSMC's US plant costing 5%...
How did that come to be? The US used to be the world leader in chip manufacturing and that wasn't all that long ago. Why was something so critical given away so freely?
xadhominemx
on July 25, 2025
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It was not given away - it was won by the Taiwanese, who bet on the fabless-foundry business model and executed magnificently.
SJC_Hacker
on July 25, 2025
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I’m no expert but I believe it’s because Taiwan bet heavily on a process known as Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV).
The US companies
cough
Intel
cough
did not. Which is part of the reason they are laying off workers
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