[ought-six]

It would be better if we brought the facilities here to the US.

[Leaning Right]

> It would be better if we brought the facilities here to the US. <

You’d think so. But building a microchip plant might endanger some local snail.
Then there’s the carbon footprint.

So no can do.

[Mr. Jeeves]

It’s happening, but it takes time. TSMC is building a huge facility in north Phoenix which will open in 2025. Many engineers and technology are already here for the setup phase.

If the Taiwanese plants really needed to be destroyed (and if CCP agent Biden would ever authorize it) there may be a delay in the availability of the high-end chips, but we would have full production online in the US long before anyone in the rest of the world could match it.

[thefactor]

I think that was the major part of the CHIPS Act, or whatever it was called. It was one of the only smart things Pelosi did. Getting the chips made in the US is a priority, but obviously it will take a LOT of tax money to get going.

[Cobra64]

Yup. We have to source domestically. If Xhina takes Taiwan, they own the chip world until Intel and Samsung have finished building plants here.