Curious how they will understand and adapt to German work ethics and laws.
Yeah, the May issue of Wired magazine had a lengthy portrayal of TSMC as a company and their work ethic apparently made it very difficult to bring in American employees of TSMC to the HQ in Taiwan. Considering EU labor laws and German work-life balance priorities, not sure how well this can go 😅
Is chip production labor intensive? My guess would be that the labor is negligible, compared to the cost for machines, knowhow etc.
Yes, it is. Of course a lot of things are automated, but the amount of effort needed to run a fan efficiently is just insane.
Here’s a video about the exactly same discussion, just with regards to the US
I guess it makes sense for them to diversify their plant locations given the uncertainties around Taiwan/China relations. Germany also has quite a lot of know-how in microfabrication and there’s already a non-insignificant cluster of companies in the sector. I guess that’s why Intel decided to go there and it makes sense for TSMC to do so at some point. In any case, we’re talking over a 10+ years horizon.
I just don’t want us to forget about Taiwan in the process. That chip dependency does seem to bring them a fair bit of safety guarantees.
That would be great
It’s important for Germany and the EU too.
