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Berlin, Intel strike deal on $33 billion chip plant after months of subsidy talks (archive.ph)

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Original: https://www.reuters.com/technology/berlin-sign-agreement-with-intel-after-chip-plant-talks-2023-06-19/

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[–] DreadPilotGagarin@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The article says "leading-edge" but I really wonder what processes will be used here, so far the new fabs being set up in the US aren't being tooled for the latest EUV 3nm etc. stuff, but older nodes. The older ones are still very important, and any way to remove dependence on potentially disruptable single sources of chips is great, but would be awesome to have proper cutting edge chip manufacture in the EU.

[–] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

As far as I've been reading the types of highly qualified workers who can work in leading-edge fabs aren't in the US and won't be any time soon. So it could be an economic/technical choice to go with older stuff, or it could be a practical matter of having people to run the factory.