so it wasnt to save them from insolvency?
Britain buys semiconductor factory for defence purposes
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Re: Britain buys semiconductor factory for defence purposes
#22> The acquisition is expected to secure up to 100 skilled jobs in the North East and safeguard a critical part of the UK’s defence infrastructure. The “North East” in the context of the UK and “the North East of England” are not interchangeable.
It makes no sense but it’s common parlance. It’s like “Northern Rivers” in Australia meaning “an area on the east coast south of Queensland”. Similarly “The North East” rarely means an area containing Aberdeen, which would make more sense.
Don't get me started on Midwest in the US...
Re: Britain buys semiconductor factory for defence purposes
#23what a load of crap
'With global semiconductor demand rising, this move positions the UK to meet future technological needs, including advancements in artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and 6G'?
advancements in artificial intelligence depend on mass production of 4nm silicon cmos, not 100 people doing gallium arsenide for high-speed analog. 'quantum technologies' is vague enough to not be literally a lie (transistors depend on quantum physics to work, as do wires) but in this context it's clearly designed to trick people into thinking 'quantum computing' which is also unrelated to what these guys are doing
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
That’s pretty much it. If you visit somewhere like r/CasualUK you will get people talking about “up north” and “being a proud northerner” and such like. They are all English people talking about England. Which is fine, but it’s supposed to be a UK subreddit. Even when foreigners are asking about travel advice. Must confuse the hell out of them. Or maybe some foreigners think that England = UK anyway so it all balance…
England == UK isn’t a thing here in Canada, but I imagine it isn’t in any commonwealth nation. I think we learned more about the UK as kids than we did about the United States.
Same in Australia. But my Dad was a Scotsman so I had it well emphasised
Re: Britain buys semiconductor factory for defence purposes
#25what a load of crap 'With global semiconductor demand rising, this move positions the UK to meet future technological needs, including advancements in artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and 6G'? advancements in artificial intelligence depend on mass production of 4nm silicon cmos, not 100 people doing gallium arsenide for high-speed analog. 'quantum technologies' is vague enough to not be literally a lie…
Quantum sensors rely on very precise control of doping conditions. Also these kinds of alloys are used in photonics computing, which is used to interact with qubits. Sounds like that’s what they’re talking about here.
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#26microchips aren't going to do much in a fire fight, they should probably re-industrialize
Re: Britain buys semiconductor factory for defence purposes
#27what a load of crap 'With global semiconductor demand rising, this move positions the UK to meet future technological needs, including advancements in artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and 6G'? advancements in artificial intelligence depend on mass production of 4nm silicon cmos, not 100 people doing gallium arsenide for high-speed analog. 'quantum technologies' is vague enough to not be literally a lie…
Quantum sensors rely on very precise control of doping conditions. Also these kinds of alloys are used in photonics computing, which is used to interact with qubits. Sounds like that’s what they’re talking about here.
sure, photonics could make sense. what do you mean by 'quantum sensors'? are there any sensors which are not quantum?
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#28microchips aren't going to do much in a fire fight, they should probably re-industrialize
Small arms dumb weapons aren’t going to do much by themselves either. Anything more than a rifle? Chips
Re: Britain buys semiconductor factory for defence purposes
#29microchips aren't going to do much in a fire fight, they should probably re-industrialize
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Re: Britain buys semiconductor factory for defence purposes
#30This sure feels like yet another sign that major global powers are all gearing up for war.
This could be as benign as a government ensuring that the 100 jobs aren't lost, but given everything going in in both Europe and the Middle East it sure seems like more than saving such a comparatively small number of jobs. They could have just signed large(r) contracts with the company to financially secure the company, acquisition is a stronger play when the government needs more direct (and more private/secure) control.