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I love Asianometry! The semiconductor history videos are incredible. The level of quality on that channel just blows my mind. It’s one of the best examples of the revolution happening in high-quality, independently produced content. I actually first heard about it from the Acquired podcast, which is another great example of that same trend.
I found an interesting thread on the /r/semiconductors subreddit discussing what it is like to work at TSMC https://reddit.com/r/Semiconductors/comments/1m96m4f/my_expe...
> They sent Taiwanese over to clean up because they just couldn't handle all the American blue-collar workers. Translation: Unions got in the way of actually efficient construction so they had to bypass them with their own people. Unions in the US, in general, are extremely luddite as any new technology improvement that's better is treated with hatred because it removes jobs from the union's control. This is how the…
I found an interesting thread on the /r/semiconductors subreddit discussing what it is like to work at TSMC https://reddit.com/r/Semiconductors/comments/1m96m4f/my_expe...
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China Airlines recently opened a new direct flight route between Taoyuan and Phoenix. They've been plastering it all over their plane signage. I thought it was funny that the flight must be pretty empty other than the handful of TSMC employees that need to go there.
Apparently China Airlines and Starlux are both going to fly that route next year. I have a hard time imagining there's demand for one let alone both.
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Once you're in a air-conditioned environment the outside world doesn't matter. More likely he compared the 4nm yield to the 3nm yield in Taiwan?
The moisture of the outside world might not matter. But aircon doesn't protect you from earthquakes, alas.
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China Airlines recently opened a new direct flight route between Taoyuan and Phoenix. They've been plastering it all over their plane signage. I thought it was funny that the flight must be pretty empty other than the handful of TSMC employees that need to go there.
Apparently China Airlines and Starlux are both going to fly that route next year. I have a hard time imagining there's demand for one let alone both.
I found an interesting thread on the /r/semiconductors subreddit discussing what it is like to work at TSMC https://reddit.com/r/Semiconductors/comments/1m96m4f/my_expe...
Reading that post, all i felt what a splendid luxury it is to live in the united states and be paid much better than those in other nations because of the country’s brand.
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I always thought it was funny that for my entire lifetime people have talked about Arizona being perfect for fabs because it's dry there and not subject to tremors meanwhile Taiwan where 60% of all chips are produced (and 90% of the most sensitive ones) is tropical and has earthquakes fairly frequently.
Semiconductor fabs require a significant amount of water, with some large facilities consuming up to 10 million gallons of ultrapure water daily. Water is something Arizona is lacking.
> It will initially have a water recycling rate of around 85 percent, with a goal to achieve 90 percent. Currently, the company’s water resource center has an efficiency rate of 65 percent, converting industrial wastewater for use in the company's operations.
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/tsmc-breaks-groun...
I found an interesting thread on the /r/semiconductors subreddit discussing what it is like to work at TSMC https://reddit.com/r/Semiconductors/comments/1m96m4f/my_expe...
> They sent Taiwanese over to clean up because they just couldn't handle all the American blue-collar workers. Translation: Unions got in the way of actually efficient construction so they had to bypass them with their own people. Unions in the US, in general, are extremely luddite as any new technology improvement that's better is treated with hatred because it removes jobs from the union's control. This is how the…
It works with everything in a capitalist system too - all production, resources, and outputs of a society that allows unchecked greed, will grow until it stops due to market consolidation (not always nefarious either). Google search as an example, we all picked it first, then they got greedy - even if they were saints that always was going to play out like that, bc of capitalism.
Once a market is controlled by a few players - ALL TRUE GROWTH STOPS and bare minimum, most cost effective to profit ratio "limited/controlled/planned" growth follows.
Hard drives for my adult life are my singular example. Lots of tech is like that actually.
Capitalism without competition will naturally evolve into full on Feudalism and Serfdom if it is allowed to.
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> They sent Taiwanese over to clean up because they just couldn't handle all the American blue-collar workers. Translation: Unions got in the way of actually efficient construction so they had to bypass them with their own people. Unions in the US, in general, are extremely luddite as any new technology improvement that's better is treated with hatred because it removes jobs from the union's control. This is how the…
Capitalism is Luddite at a fundamental level - if their isn't competition, there is absolutely no reason to innovative, change, or maintain a quality level - so, in a capitalist economy all participants are always incentivised to grow as large as possible, above all other things, bc at some point, they really will become "too big to fail" - whether in a small monopolized niche or a massive but dominated industry, tha…