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Berlin, Intel strike deal on $33 billion chip plant after months of subsidy talks (archive.ph)

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Original: https://www.reuters.com/technology/berlin-sign-agreement-with-intel-after-chip-plant-talks-2023-06-19/

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[–] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago

As far as I've been reading the types of highly qualified workers who can work in leading-edge fabs aren't in the US and won't be any time soon. So it could be an economic/technical choice to go with older stuff, or it could be a practical matter of having people to run the factory.