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Re:TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe c... by artemonster on Monday July 26, 2021 @01:03PM (#27961936)
Yes. Happened twice? already
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Re:TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe c... by adwn on Monday July 26, 2021 @01:53PM (#27962664)
Really? Wow! Do you happen to remember their names?
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Re:TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe c... by artemonster on Monday July 26, 2021 @02:17PM (#27963073)
one remember - "magma automation". they were sued to pieces and then bought out
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Re:TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe c... by adwn on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:01PM (#27963760)
Thanks!

According to their Wikipedia page, they paid 12.5 M$ to settle in 2007 and continued to operate for another 4 years before being bought for half a billion USD. Not exactly what I would consider "sued to pieces" ;-)

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