America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers

Re:America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers by typon on Thursday August 24, 2023 @11:56PM (#37257856)

Same story here. Why should I spend years toiling away in a clean-room for shit pay when I can 3x or 4x my pay doing a much easier job?

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Re:America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers by teaearlgraycold on Friday August 25, 2023 @12:04AM (#37257918)

Supply and demand for labor should fix this. NVidia and friends can clearly afford to pay more for wafers.

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Re:America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers by seydor on Friday August 25, 2023 @02:23AM (#37258709)

can never be competitive with overseas suppliers

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Re:America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers by tpmx on Friday August 25, 2023 @02:36AM (#37258787)

For reference: The annual median TSMC salary in Taiwan including bonus was 58k USD in 2021.

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Re:America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers by dharmab on Friday August 25, 2023 @03:43AM (#37259162)

Which is more than TSMC offered some of my friends in the US who had industry experience. They're cheapskates.

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Re:America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers by jameshush on Friday August 25, 2023 @03:52AM (#37259215)

58k/year in Taiwan is also considered crazy good money. The average income in taiwan is about $58k NTD/month (aka $1900ish USD) https://www.statista.com/statistics/319845/taiwan-average-mo...

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Re:America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers by tpmx on Friday August 25, 2023 @04:18AM (#37259348)

Sure, but that doesn't help with making it easier to compete with Taiwan in this field on a global scale.

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Re:America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers by jabradoodle on Friday August 25, 2023 @03:24AM (#37259049)

Nvidia don't run any fabs. If you want it produced in the USA, your going to have to pay for that security.

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Re:America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers by teaearlgraycold on Friday August 25, 2023 @07:46AM (#37260617)

I understand. That’s why I said “pay for wafers”

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Re:America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers by jabradoodle on Monday August 28, 2023 @01:53PM (#37297934)

What?

The market has not delivered a resilient supply chain.

If you want it an America, you will need to subsidise it.

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