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If stuff goes wonky in Taiwan, we're toast won't just be limited to your boards, lol. Amazon would practically die on the vine over such an incident.
35 minutes ago, NotMario said:Amazon would practically die on the vine over such an incident.
Forget Amazon, look at the bigger picture: America would be in huge trouble. We just don't make stuff domestically anymore. It's been a very slow process penny by penny, and there's no facing the reality that building manufacturing infrastructure isn't cheap or quick.
there's no facing the reality that building manufacturing infrastructure isn't cheap or quick
Intel is building a hugh chip factory in Ohio and Arizona and still not done but the city near the factory are the fastest growing in the USA .
1 hour ago, Sid Genetry Solar said:Forget Amazon, look at the bigger picture: America would be in huge trouble. We just don't make stuff domestically anymore. It's been a very slow process penny by penny, and there's no facing the reality that building manufacturing infrastructure isn't cheap or quick.
I was using Amazon as a kind of euphemism for America.
It amazes me how many people are utterly unaware of the degree to which all of us are dependent on China. Think the "made in america" stuff is actually completely made here? Yeah, right! Losing that relationship would see you unable to repair your car in a couple short years.
The one silver lining is that the reverse is also true. At least until current policies make other customers more viable.
Word on the street in OH is the Intel factory is at a stand-still. Not sure about the one in AZ, but i wouldn't be surprised if it were the same.
If i were intel, i'd be scared to death about the lack of willing labor, not to mention supply chain concerns.
If i were intel, i'd be scared to death about the lack of willing labor,
People like to whine about automation "taking away jobs".......but look: if companies can't get people to work, they either go out of business or innovate ways to get the job done without the people they can't hire!
Intel has a double problem: it's not a matter of "just finding workers"--no, they need specialized, skilled workers. Not just anyone can operate the equipment that operates on the nanometer scale to make CPUs for computers!
Intel has a double problem: it's not a matter of "just finding workers"--no, they need specialized, skilled workers. Not just anyone can operate the equipment that operates on the nanometer scale to make CPUs for computers!
IF you live in California then move to Arizona . Almost all the new house contruction and house sold in Arizona has California licence plate . Taiwan Semi has one the world largest chip factory in Arizona .