TSMC R&D chief: There’s light at the end of the chip shortage

Re:TSMC R&D chief: There’s light at the end of the chip shor... by nomel on Monday February 28, 2022 @06:31PM (#30506700)

> I do not think they want CCP to take over those fabs.

This makes the very incorrect assumption that you could just swap out the TSMC staff and things would continue working. Chip fabrication isn't just about pushing a button to turn on a machine. It requires the massive amounts of esoteric knowledge of all the processes, machines, chip design rules, everything.

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Re:TSMC R&D chief: There’s light at the end of the chip shor... by Sateeshm on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @12:13AM (#30509918)

I wonder if China already put a few Gales under the Walter Whites of TSMC

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Re:TSMC R&D chief: There’s light at the end of the chip shor... by Bayart on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @06:13AM (#30512681)

SMIC has been poaching engineers from TSMC for a long time.

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