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Re:TSMC, Bosch, Infineon, and NXP to build fab in Germany by Kelteseth on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @07:50AM (#37047534)
> Curious why they've chosen Dresden though.

Because many foundries are located there like GlobalFoundries and Bosch

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Re:TSMC, Bosch, Infineon, and NXP to build fab in Germany by pipo234 on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @07:52AM (#37047553)
Eindhoven (NL) would have been obvious as well (NXP, ASML, Infineon, Philips)
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Re:TSMC, Bosch, Infineon, and NXP to build fab in Germany by Vespasian on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @07:56AM (#37047599)
Germany is a big player (politically and financially) in the EU and the Eurozone and it's benefitial to have them on your side.

(Also such a large economy can offer better (aka larger) subsidies if they want to)

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Re:TSMC, Bosch, Infineon, and NXP to build fab in Germany by TotempaaltJ on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @07:57AM (#37047604)
Eindhoven is also still growing: https://siliconcanals.com/news/startups/dutch-smart-photonic... Much smaller though!

It's probably good for the EU in general to have multiple silicon hubs.

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Re:TSMC, Bosch, Infineon, and NXP to build fab in Germany by AdamN on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @07:55AM (#37047582)
Germany wouldn't have subsidised that one though - this was German money.
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Re:TSMC, Bosch, Infineon, and NXP to build fab in Germany by dontupvoteme on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @09:46AM (#37048904)
Eindhoven also has a recent influx of PhDs from Philips looking for a new place to work...

although imo Eindhoven isn't exactly the most... attractive place to live for many people. Dresden on the other hand seems like it's somewhat en vogue

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Re:TSMC, Bosch, Infineon, and NXP to build fab in Germany by thiago_fm on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @07:50AM (#37047538)
Makes sense. Thank you!
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