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[–] [email protected] 4 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It’s doubly bad because Asian countries are significantly more productive due to extremely long working hours.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A large chunk of ASMLs workforce is in the US actually.

ETA: about half their workforce is in Europe

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Weren’t there some issues with a few UNRWA staff helping hamas? As much as I’d like to support relief efforts, that is a red flag.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I was using mastodon instead and commenting on lemmy posts from there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Yes, I know what it means, and that is pretty borderline to me especially when considering it in the results of previous ones in that region. Especially when the word “global” is often positioned before it (I should have probably mentioned that tbf).

Edit: https://www.npr.org/2024/06/04/nx-s1-4958278/intifada-chants-pro-palestinian-protests-israel

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Idk why this is getting downvoted. Some things that these protesters say/do are vile and reprehensible. I have seen them call for that as well as intifada, which is disgusting.