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Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by dntbnmpls on Thursday May 14, 2020 @11:23PM (#23188511)
> Welcome to USA. Smart Move TSMC and Taiwan.

They've operated in the US for a while now.

From the press release: "In the United States, TSMC currently operates a fab in Camas, Washington and design centers in both Austin, Texas and San Jose, California. The Arizona facility would be TSMC’s second manufacturing site in the United States."

> You have earned a friend for life.

What a bizarre comment. If they leave, are they your enemy for life then?

Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by axaxs on Thursday May 14, 2020 @11:57PM (#23188749)
> What a bizarre comment. If they leave, are they your enemy for life then?

I'm not sure that's fair. There's a lot of room between friend and enemy, here. When breaking up in a relationship under typical circumstances, the other person doesn't normally become an enemy, unless a person is not well adjusted mentally.

Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by masonic on Friday May 15, 2020 @01:13AM (#23189107)
Their Careers search engine shows zero jobs in all of USA (270 worldwide).
Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by sremani on Friday May 15, 2020 @12:17AM (#23188855)
Thanks for making me aware of TSMC's existing foundry, I only thought they had design here.

As far as bizarre goes -- bizarre is better than boring!

Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by splintercell on Thursday May 14, 2020 @11:33PM (#23188580)
> If they leave, are they your enemy for life then?

(New) Relationship with strangers can be in one of the 3 categories:

- Neutral - Friend - Enemy

OP is moving the company into Friend category (from Neutral). I don't know what he'd do if they decide to move back, but if they declare the company as an "enemy" then that creates a perverse incentive where people in Neutral category would refrain from becoming friend because that risks them becoming enemy.

So to be prudent OP must move the company into 'Neutral' category again otherwise they won't get future 'Friends'

Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by product50 on Thursday May 14, 2020 @11:30PM (#23188550)
If you know anything about the geopolitics behind this, this was a forced move which TSMC wouldn't have otherwise done. If TSMC didn't do it, then US State Department would have funded Intel to produce their 5nm fabs here.

So yeah, educate yourself and then behave reasonably.

Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by dntbnmpls on Thursday May 14, 2020 @11:34PM (#23188595)
> If you know anything about the geopolitics behind this, this was a forced move which TSMC wouldn't have otherwise done. If you know anything about the geopolitics behind this, this was a forced move which TSMC wouldn't have otherwise done.

I know. Where in my comment did I say otherwise?

> So yeah, educate yourself and then behave reasonably.

Okay, thanks?

Did you by any chance respond to the wrong comment? Such bizarre comments in this thread.

Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by x86_64Ubuntu on Thursday May 14, 2020 @11:39PM (#23188631)
It's rampant nationalism all up and down this thread. Facts be damned.
Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by product50 on Friday May 15, 2020 @01:08AM (#23189079)
What are the facts? That TSMC willingly and strategically made this move? The writing was on the wall on this one.
Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by ohyeshedid on Thursday May 14, 2020 @11:52PM (#23188728)
What, exactly, is your own understanding of reasonable behaviour?