Apple Supplier TSMC Delays Production of 4nm Chips at Arizona Factory Due to Skilled Worker Shortage

[iObama]

Then expect to pay more for your Apple gadgets!

Okay! I’ll just upgrade way less. Wanting people to be paid less than they’re worth so I can buy cheap watches is an asinine and self-centered ideology I don’t subscribe to.

50% of Americans can’t afford a $400 emergency. Workers are struggling while companies and their executives are making record profits.

If they really wanted to, they could lower costs and their salaries and still be rich as hell, but they don’t. Talk to them about high prices, friend.

 

[iObama]

Since you're coming from the Bay Area... do you think you can handle Arizona heat? We have shattered heat records last week. We surpassed the record of 19 straight days of temps above 110° (and still counting as far as setting the new record)... and we had 2 straight days of 119°.

…but it’s a dry heat 😉

 

[segfaultdotorg]

Unemployment rate is 3.5% so most people are employed.

We're hiring. $10/hr without benefits. Can confirm that nobody wants to work anymore.

 

[temende]

Then expect to pay more for your Apple gadgets!

You realize Apple isn't TSMC's only customer right?

 

[IAmStumped]

No, Tim Cook doesn't even want the money

Tim Cook plans to donate $800m fortune to charity before he dies

In an interview with Fortune magazine, Cook says his money will go to social causes, as well as his nephew’s education

www.theguardian.com

Apple CEO Tim Cook requests and receives a 40% pay cut after shareholder vote

Apple CEO Tim Cook will receive a pay cut in 2023, targeting $49 million in total compensation, the company said in an SEC filing.

www.cnbc.com

Good on him!

 

[AL2TEACH]

China wants Taiwan so that their communist slave workers don't wake up and start demanding democracy (again).

And the chip maker would be a huge bonus.
Sure others have really good chip making plants and stuff but TSMC is #1. The chip shortage for cars and etc well
"Chips were invented in the U.S. But now, only 12% are made here. Of the more sophisticated chips, 0% are made in the USA. Those are made in Taiwan and China."

Made in the USA microchips: The plan and the crisis in the auto industry

As you do your holiday shopping, you’ll notice more shortages than ever of high tech items that require microchips. It is hitting all economic sectors in one way or another.

www.wxyz.com

I won't get into conquering and the market economy stuff because the remark I made was quite flippant. However, if China did make a move on Taiwan, TSMC would be a very big bonus for China's chip making.

 

[_Spinn_]

Hopefully this plant can come online and be successful.

 

[JimmyG]

The "smart people" you need to build and work at your high-tech facility are "smart enough" to know that living in a >100° daytime environment is both unhealthy and unsustainable.

All the corporate tax breaks and tax incentives from, er, "red-hot" states won't change that fact. LOL

 

[bruinsrme]

Why 4nm when 3nm is already

Because the second factory doesn't have to be all 3nm just the front end tools.
Fab 1 will be able to do 4nm and up.
When the second fab comes up it will be able to do starts for 3 and 4nm. then fab1 will be a flex fab for 4nm and up products while supporting the mid and backend layers for the 3nm process products. huge cost savings.

 

[bruinsrme]

Reportedly, some of the issue is that Intel (which also has tons of fabs/expansion in the area) pays better, and has better hours.

not to mention Intel's has a stronger interest having a safer working environment.