misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoApple's mobile chips are now made in the U.S. — TSMC produces the older A16 Bionic at its Arizona fabwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down15
arrow-up1374arrow-down1external-linkApple's mobile chips are now made in the U.S. — TSMC produces the older A16 Bionic at its Arizona fabwww.tomshardware.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down1·2 months agoBecause the U.S. government gave them $6.6 billion to do it under the CHIPS Act: https://www.reuters.com/technology/tsmc-wins-66-bln-us-subsidy-arizona-chip-production-2024-04-08/ With TSMC, it’s insurance against China invading Taiwan but Intel (and probably everyone else) got a load of subsidies too. After the chip shortage during the pandemic and Russia invading Ukraine, chip production became a national security issue.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoMystery solved, I suppose!
Because the U.S. government gave them $6.6 billion to do it under the CHIPS Act: https://www.reuters.com/technology/tsmc-wins-66-bln-us-subsidy-arizona-chip-production-2024-04-08/
With TSMC, it’s insurance against China invading Taiwan but Intel (and probably everyone else) got a load of subsidies too. After the chip shortage during the pandemic and Russia invading Ukraine, chip production became a national security issue.
Mystery solved, I suppose!