AMD CEO Sees Chips from TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More

Re:AMD CEO Sees Chips from TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More by airocker on Thursday July 24, 2025 @09:04PM (#44678302)

This is not an easy inference. For this inference to be true , you have to know how much of the expense goes to salaries . Also, you have to give credit to tsmc to be world class which enables them to control prices, it may not translate across industries

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Re:AMD CEO Sees Chips from TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More by deelowe on Friday July 25, 2025 @01:33AM (#44679880)

Its a pretty easy inference for anyone who has mfg experience. The amount you pay per worker versus the quality of work you get back is STARKLY different between US and Taiwanese companies.

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Re:AMD CEO Sees Chips from TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More by simgt on Friday July 25, 2025 @05:10AM (#44681183)

As in better or worse? The Taiwanese have been making most of our chips for quite a while. Americans are not naturally more gifted individuals, most manufacturing skills are transmitted from one worker to the next.

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Re:AMD CEO Sees Chips from TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More by NonHyloMorph on Friday July 25, 2025 @07:10AM (#44681872)

I believe they meant that taiwanese manufacturing is superior to american..

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