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Re:A billion for every chip-maker who 'makes in India,' sour... by paxys on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @11:03PM (#26656177)
Why do you need to tear down a city to build another one? There are already numerous special economic zones across the country (especially at/near ports) that have seen great success when it comes to more traditional manufacturing. The problem with semiconductors is they need very specialized equipment, talent, materials and overall infrastructure that is just not available in India. So "unstable power supply" is a very simplified (and incorrect) argument.
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Re:A billion for every chip-maker who 'makes in India,' sour... by runawaybottle on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @11:07PM (#26656205)
Because I doubt the semiconductor industry is the only industry complaining about this. Tourism? How about the actual citizens? Shipping and transportation? Talent in software that just want nothing more than to leave the country when they get a chance?

Rebuilding is important because the major population centers have already been defined. Otherwise you’d need an exodus every time a new city is built.

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Re:A billion for every chip-maker who 'makes in India,' sour... by paxys on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @11:10PM (#26656236)
What does any of that have to do with semiconductor manufacturing? You can have the best tourism, quality of life and everything else, and still not be able to build stuff domestically. Look at the USA, for example.
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Re:A billion for every chip-maker who 'makes in India,' sour... by imtringued on Thursday April 01, 2021 @07:13AM (#26658944)
The USA is the victim of having a reserve currency though. It's simply not economically viable to export products from a nation when every other nation wants to dump their products into that nation.
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