Chip shortage: Toyota to cut global production by 40%

Re:Chip shortage: Toyota to cut global production by 40% by datameta on Thursday August 19, 2021 @11:56AM (#28235446)

They are indeed, in Arizona. First they are going to have employees train on-site in Taiwan (will get housing for themselves and their families for duration).

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Re:Chip shortage: Toyota to cut global production by 40% by api on Thursday August 19, 2021 @11:59AM (#28235496)

This makes it easier for the US to spin up more, since we gain more trained workers who understand these processes.

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Re:Chip shortage: Toyota to cut global production by 40% by datameta on Thursday August 19, 2021 @12:12PM (#28235660)

I thought similarly - this is true if we can have lossless knowledge transfer. I imagine we would have to put what is learned into practice before translating it into distributed knowledge for a US fab workforce.

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Re:Chip shortage: Toyota to cut global production by 40% by zsmi on Thursday August 19, 2021 @01:58PM (#28237103)

The US does produce ~10% of the global chip supply today, and much of the equipment used in the world's factories, and a very significant portion of the software needed, is made in the U.S.A. This is an economic issue. Not a knowledge gap.

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Re:Chip shortage: Toyota to cut global production by 40% by baybal2 on Thursday August 19, 2021 @01:46PM (#28236940)

> it easier for the US to spin up more, since we gain more trained workers who understand these processes.

Given that they will return

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