Intel delays $100 billion Ohio chipmaking site to next decade: First fab now coming online in 2030
Intel delays $100 billion Ohio chipmaking site to next decade: First fab now coming online in 2030
I have a feeling many of the recently announced American mega projects (like that OpenAI one for $500 billion) will soon also announce significant delays. Or we'll just never hear about them again.
Thoughts on why?
With respect to the OpenAI $500 billion investment announcement, I will speculate it was mostly for show and they don't actually have $500 billion to spend on GPUs, data centres and power plants.
Trump budget cuts. A lot of these programs to get America back on its feet are relying on federal money and support
I know many Americans want to have more chip building, but world trade would be better off if that were distributed
But it’s not distributed right now? Pretty much all of it happens in Taiwan, which China is poised to annex? That’s why it’s a security threat and why the CHIPS Act came to be
But if all that growth happened it’s still concentrated in one, politically unstable, country which has authoritarian approaches to trade. It does not improve the situation
No it wouldn’t? It’s not like Taiwan (or elsewhere) would stop making chips. And historically, the US’s trade practices are pretty good—better than terrible loan terms and indentured debt (e.g. China). I’m done with this whataboutism and claims of US authoritarianism. The US is why the world is as free and democratic as it is today. Just because we’ve had several miserable elections in the last few decades does not undo hundreds of years of global effects. And the threat of Chinese control of computer chips is very real. I like China for many reasons, but I also acknowledge that they are authoritatian capitalists with state (military) control that view the US as an economic, social, and political rival.
All I’m saying is better for most people if chip production was distributed across many countries and not the plaything, soft power, or negotiation chip ( pun intended) of any specific nationality or political grouping.
I know that probably is not possible but I can dream, and one country trying to get a monopoly gets in the way.
And historic trade practices is so yesterday
So you should be in support of the US beginning chip production in order to gain better distribution, got it. As it stands, around 90% of advanced chips (like for AI) are manufactured in Taiwan.
The US is not trying to have a monopoly, they’re trying to ensure that China doesn’t seize control of a dangerous resource on a global scale without any competition or access. Again, your concern should indicate support of US chip production, not counter it. How would the world look if the CCP was the only entity that could use AI?
Looks at current chip embargoes
My current business needs are worldwide; I need free access for all.
As I get more experience I find blocks in trade and nationalism, in any county, to get in the way of both software development ( my main concern) and hardware ( what my software runs on).
I need people in the Sahel, China, South American countries, EU, USA , other countries ( you get the picture) to have equal access, no matter what their stupid political establishments, filled with dumb fucks, are doing or who they are currently in bed with this month or year or decade. I’m not really trying to play favorites
Greed, propaganda, and lack of law enforcement.