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Re:Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab by 42e6e8c8-f7b8-4 on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @12:24PM (#31656659)
There will be a huge knowledge transfer into Germany during this process. Fab's are fabulously intricate and difficult to run. $5.5 billion to teach your populace how to make chips? Worth it.
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Re:Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab by phkahler on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @03:20PM (#31658896)
>> $5.5 billion to teach your populace how to make chips? Worth it.

Germany already has advance chip fabrication - see Global Foundries (formerly AMD fab). It's not EUV, but even Intel still needs to figure out how to make those chips.

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Re:Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab by alaricus on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @06:29AM (#31665378)
Companies like Intel don't transfer knowledge. In fact, they often suck local talent out.
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Re:Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab by 42e6e8c8-f7b8-4 on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @11:15AM (#31668576)
Nope. Source: multiple friends who work in Intel fabs. These fabs aren't turnkey.
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