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Inside TSMC’s struggle to build a chip factory in the U.S. suburbs (restofworld.org)

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[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Tbh it doesn't even sound like TSMC were trying to make it work. I wonder if these American plants are meant to be potemkin villages with low outputs just to please the American government. But seems like Intel is able to make fabrication facilities in the USA work, so it should be possible.

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 4 months ago

Yep, that's exactly what it sounds. Just another scheme to launder tax payer money into private hands. However, it is certainly interesting to read about the toxic work culture.

[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 4 months ago

The company gets the government grants either way, and with the money they save from not funding the facility properly, they have spare cash to bribe politicians to secure more funding. It's the perfect system!

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 4 months ago

It's definitely a token factory just to get these subsidies, they will shutdown that factory whenever they stop these subsidies i guarantee it.

[–] lorty@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 4 months ago

They knew the American workers wouldn't accept the level of exploitation necessary to mske their business model work.