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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.

(https://old.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/sulof6/tsmc_employe...)

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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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