Re:EU countries team up for semiconductor push
by joelbluminator on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:17AM
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ASML dwarfs it in terms of market cap.
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Re:EU countries team up for semiconductor push
by selectodude on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:25AM
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ASML doesn't make semiconductors :)
Re:EU countries team up for semiconductor push
by brnt on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:53AM
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Without ASML, nobody will :)
Re:EU countries team up for semiconductor push
by bilbo0s on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:05PM
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Without ASML, everyone would make their own ASML.
Without TSMC, everyone would make their own TSMC.
This is what we see happening in the world right now. Previously the only consideration was, "Is it cost effective." Now there are a myriad number of other considerations up to and including geopolitical considerations. The US, for instance, has always been able to manufacture lith machines. Economic considerations obliged them to innovate elsewhere. Yet it's obvious that were the EU to threaten US access to lith machines, the US would start manufacturing those machines on their own.
Lith is not even the hard part. TSMC and Intel have the same lith machines. Why is Intel having so much trouble? Because there is so much more to this entire enterprise than doing the lithography.
Re:EU countries team up for semiconductor push
by joelbluminator on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:30AM
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Well even NXP is bigger lol