[aiinnyc]

What timescale are we looking at to decide if building foundries and manufacturing chips in the States is a good idea? There's an argument that there aren't nearly enough skilled workers to do high tech manufacturing here. Didn't TSMC also struggle to hire enough skilled workers in Arizona?

[astrange]

It's a good idea because otherwise China will bomb your foundry or steal your designs. Besides, you don't ever get skilled workers if you don't try to develop them.

> Didn't TSMC also struggle to hire enough skilled workers in Arizona?

That was mostly marketing so they could ask for more tax credits. In practice it seems to be going okay.