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Re:TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe c... by sichtlinkair on Monday July 26, 2021 @06:08AM (#27957643)
Genuinely curious why Germany's position is excellent for chip production?
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Re:TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe c... by bildung on Monday July 26, 2021 @06:28AM (#27957772)
There are already quite a few plants (Globalfoundries, Bosch, Infineon, TI, Osram, ...) so the qualified work force is there.

Germany is also pretty heavy on high tech production, so there's a big existing supplier network.

Key suppliers like ASML are nearby (Both the Netherlands and Germany are part of the Schengen Agreement, so logistics-wise almost as open as cross-state transports within the US).

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Re:TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe c... by samus on Monday July 26, 2021 @11:45AM (#27960868)
Minor nitpick: Schengen does not matter, membership in the customs union does. For shipping, availability and quality of infrastructure is more important.
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Re:TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe c... by rsynnott on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:42PM (#27961635)
Schengen and in the customs union is still a little better than non-Schengen and in the customs union (eg Ireland), but yeah, the customs union is the main thing.
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Re:TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe c... by lispm on Monday July 26, 2021 @06:23AM (#27957737)
Because it has one of the two largest clusters for that industry in Europe: Dresden/Saxony. The other one is Grenoble, France.

https://www.dw.com/en/bosch-is-the-new-star-in-silicon-saxon...

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