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TSMC feels 'good' about possible Germany plant, in subsidy talks (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Ninmi@sopuli.xyz to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Curious how they will understand and adapt to German work ethics and laws.

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 10 points 1 year ago

They will just outsource the actual manufacturing to Easter European countries with atrocious labor laws.

I hope I'm not right.

[–] DrFuggles@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, the May issue of Wired magazine had a lengthy portrayal of TSMC as a company and their work ethic apparently made it very difficult to bring in American employees of TSMC to the HQ in Taiwan. Considering EU labor laws and German work-life balance priorities, not sure how well this can go 😅

[–] driest@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

thanks for pointing that out, interesting insights in that article, but wow that was the worst piece of writing I had to endure in a long time. It's amazing how you can say so little with so much text.

[–] DrFuggles@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Yeeeaaaahhhhh, I usually enjoy Virginia Heffernan's writing, but this piece was something else. Too dreamy and poetic for most of it. Like, I get that you metaphorically stared God in the face considering the nano-tech going on in TSMC's fabs and that you want to convey a sense of absolute awe... but it gets tiring really fast

[–] Bastelwombat@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is chip production labor intensive? My guess would be that the labor is negligible, compared to the cost for machines, knowhow etc.

[–] Artraxon@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, it is. Of course a lot of things are automated, but the amount of effort needed to run a fan efficiently is just insane.

Here's a video about the exactly same discussion, just with regards to the US

https://youtu.be/jlAWx_X5opA