Also, the best super hero in the world, Florida Man, lives there!Don't forget low crime rate too!
Also, the best super hero in the world, Florida Man, lives there!Don't forget low crime rate too!
Heaven forbid you treat human beings with dignity and respect.Building things in the U.S. is exactly the reason why we get production issues. If you want things built, you want your supply chain in East Asia.
Unionized workers going on strike, demanding shorter hours, lighter workload, more benefits, only working 5 days a week or less, all the insurances and a higher pay... Those things don't make the workforce employable at a large scale. Engineers, Scientists, and highly-educated specialists? Sure. But the masses? No way.
Then you have Environmentalists and worker safety and ethics lobbyists... It's just not worth the effort to set up anything that requires heavy capital investment or a large low-skilled labor force in the US.
Cost.There’s only a chip shortage because of demand, so why not set up infrastructure so we’re able to build more chips here in the U.S.
or don't have a pandemic. That's the reason for the shortage.Perhaps it is a good reminder to not buy a new device every year. It's not sustainable.
Didn't know Tim Cook was CEO of TSMC too![]()
Mass Production of A15 Chip for iPhone 13 Set to Begin Ahead of Schedule in Late May
Longtime Apple supplier TSMC is set to begin mass shipments of Apple's upcoming A15 chip for the iPhone 13 ahead of schedule at the end of May, according to a snippet of a full report set to be published tomorrow by DigiTimes. The new chip will be based on an enhanced version of the 5nm...forums.macrumors.com
Guess Tim wins more than he loses. 🧐
Never said he was. But Apples' influence and maybe cash may have something to do with TSMC getting product out of the door.Didn't know Tim Cook was CEO of TSMC too
Apple is THE premium customer in tech and will always get preferential treatment from suppliers because of that.
This puts Apple in a better spot to weather this shortage than every other company on earth.
Time to collectively take a deep breath and relax that unnecessary tension in our sphincters.
The fundamental problem is that in the year 2000, there were about 30 companies that made their own integrated circuits.
Then, they discovered that it's a lot cheaper to outsource, and now we have only a handful of companies producing chips while the demand is higher than it has ever been. Even AMD outsource their actual chip manufacturing to companies like TSMC.
To combat this, Intel and TSMC have both just recently announced plans to invest a lot of money ($20 and $100 billion, respectively) to increase capacity to meet demand. Intel is also planning to open its doors to other manufacturers, like TSMC and Samsung are already doing.
TL;DR version: investments are being made to combat the chip shortage, but it will take some time (probably going well into 2022) before the increased capacity becomes available.
Ranked #7 for highest crime index rating according toDon't forget low crime rate too!
The Florida crime rate is higher than the national average crime rate.
It's a serious bottleneck for sure.While true, I believe this demonstrates just how serious this is becoming globally for many products.
I was having my 5,000 mile service done at my Toyota Dealer yesterday and almost fell over pulling in the lot and seeing it 75% empty. Especially anything AWD or an SUV/Truck. This is a high volume dealer and they simply can't receive their orders due to production slowdowns and or stoppages from the Chip Shortage. My Sales Rep has never seen anything like this in his 30yrs with the dealer.
Starting to get serious.
That or a perfect example of why you don’t want the world’s chip production in a hostile country run by a communist dictatorship.Trade war! Knew this is coming. This is what happens when the US block China from making chips!
Do I really need a /s for FL?Ranked #7 for highest crime index rating according to
Florida State Crime and Crime Rate - USA.com™
Florida has a Crime Index of 2,095.43, which ranked #45 in all states. Also contains Florida multi-years crime count, police force, and hate crime info.www.usa.com
or #21 for most dangerous according to
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Dangerous states: Which states have the highest rates of violent crime and most murders?
Violent crimes including murder and robbery are down in the U.S. But some states are more dangerous than others, based on 24/7 Wall St.'s ranking.www.usatoday.com
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Crime Rate By State: Is it Dangerous to Live in the U.S.?
Are you looking to move to a place where you can be happier? Read this crime rate by the state to know about the dangerous cities where you should not go.securinghome.com
or #27 for safest according to
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So it would seem Florida doesn't have a low crime rate (above national average for crime rate/below national average for safety)
I wouldn't be surprised that Apple decides to shelve the M1X-based 14" and 16" MacBook Pro models and instead start up production of the M2-based MacBook Pro models around October-November this year instead.
There’s only a chip shortage because of demand, so why not set up infrastructure so we’re able to build more chips here in the U.S.
Gotta love the evil blood$ucking capitalists.Heaven forbid you treat human beings with dignity and respect.
HP head said it’s going to be a very tough 6 months before supply side catches up. She was talking about the market as a whole, not just HP.The fundamental problem is that in the year 2000, there were about 30 companies that made their own integrated circuits.
Then, they discovered that it's a lot cheaper to outsource, and now we have only a handful of companies producing chips while the demand is higher than it has ever been. Even AMD outsource their actual chip manufacturing to companies like TSMC.
To combat this, Intel and TSMC have both just recently announced plans to invest a lot of money ($20 and $100 billion, respectively) to increase capacity to meet demand. Intel is also planning to open its doors to other manufacturers, like TSMC and Samsung are already doing.
TL;DR version: investments are being made to combat the chip shortage, but it will take some time (probably going well into 2022) before the increased capacity becomes available.
Good post, except you got the numbers of wafers per hour wrong.Not really cheaper. The technology for tooling a modern chip line has become so advanced and so expensive that even with the resources of the entire world, it's only possible to set up 2 or 3 next-generation EUV chip lines. The machines are insanely complicated - they use lasers to explode droplets of vaporised tin plasma, creating extreme ultra-violet light that needs to be focussed through mirrors to etch the chip - but the mirrors unavoidably absorb 96% of the light.
The power efficiency is around 0.02% so for each 200watts of laser light delivered over a million watts is needed at the wall. Each EUV machine weights 200 tons and only does about 40 wafers per hour, and costs over $120 million, and that is only a small part of what building a new chip line involves - but it's the main limiting factor.
There's more or less only one company that makes them, ASML in the Netherlands, which was formed from a consortium of almost all the research companies working in this field - because the expense and difficulty of developing them was so extreme. So far, I believe there's only around 100 of these EUV machines worldwide, and ASML is working flat out to refine and make more of them.
As you said, it costs around $20-100 billion to set up new chip lines, and the next generation is likely to be even more expensive. It may be that from 2025 onwards, every chip company in the world will have to jointly collaborate to fund a single next-generation line with huge government funding - the costs are just too extreme otherwise.
It’s okay, many weddings are delayed. It’s being together that matters in the end.I'm sitting here with my new ipad stand, my new keyboard wrist rest, desk mat, new wireless desk lamp.... 😭😭😭
This would be a potential supercycle for many people. Apple better not f this one up. Otherwise people will just forget about iPad as a market segment and find other alternatives.Skipped 2018 for bending issue, skipped 2020 because i thought that will have Mini-Led (It was suppose to according to rumors). It didn't, also few weeks after 2020 release we got rumors about 2021 release with mini-led.
In the 2019 there were first leaks regarding mini-led.
This is the one. And i predict i'm not the only one waiting for this.
glad i picked up my Macbook Air in 2011!Glad I picked up my M1 air when I did. Although I did have to wait a month it was worth it.