<story><title>Intel to spend $20B on two new chip factories in Arizona</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/technology/intel-arizona-chip-factories.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>twobitshifter</author><text>If China takes control of Taiwan it would be a strategic disaster for the rest of the world. Building a factory as far away as possible is a great idea for both Intel and TSMC. There is still expertise in the US.  Wikipedia has a good list of fans that are still open and those that have been closed. The number in Taiwan is shocking, but you’ll also see many older fabs still running in the US&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;List_of_semiconductor_fabrication_plants?wprov=sfti1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;List_of_semiconductor_fabricat...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Intel to spend $20B on two new chip factories in Arizona</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/technology/intel-arizona-chip-factories.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>herodoturtle</author><text>&amp;gt; TSMC previously announced plans for a new factory in Arizona, a project that it valued at $12 billion and that is expected to receive federal subsidies. Samsung is seeking government incentives for a $17 billion expansion of its facilities in Austin, Texas.&lt;p&gt;I found that point really interesting - and also perplexing.&lt;p&gt;I can understand why US companies would choose to outsource manufacturing concerns to East Asian countries, but I&amp;#x27;m wondering why the opposite is true in this case here.&lt;p&gt;Could someone with insight into these matters please help me understand - why would TSMC or Samsung choose to build factories in the US?&lt;p&gt;Government subsidies on the upfront CapEx aside - I&amp;#x27;m curious what the long term benefits to them would be.&lt;p&gt;Thanks :)</text></comment>