Re:Italy, Intel close to $5B deal for chip factory
by webmobdev on Saturday August 06, 2022 @11:27AM
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Geopolitics, lobbying and money. Businesses go where their government can get them the best deal, and to countries whose government most accommodate their needs. Israel and Japan are close allies of the US. Japan is willing to invest a lot of money too in fabs. The Anglosphere distrust the Germans and the French, and vice versa.
Re:Italy, Intel close to $5B deal for chip factory
by KoftaBob on Saturday August 06, 2022 @08:16AM
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Israel has an Intel fab already
Re:Italy, Intel close to $5B deal for chip factory
by Throwawayaerlei on Saturday August 06, 2022 @08:52AM
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Wikipedia's list of fab lines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabricat... has 4 in Italy, 3 Intel ones in Israel and 2 by an Israeli firm named Tower Semiconductor, which on its page has 2 in the US plus there's a joint venture with more. To get an idea about how this can go in the less cutting edge market, all but one of their fab lines was purchased from another company or in one case acquired through a merger.
So for the first-world countries, what makes the current counties being targeted the chosen targets? Why Italy instead of Israel? Why Japan instead of Germany?