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ke_co t1_ir2p92u wrote
Reply to comment by SW2020 in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
Foxconn was a losing proposition from the start, as they were intending to bring a low margin commodity product to WI (led display panels).
Like Intel in Ohio, Micron will be bringing in higher margin products, albeit with huge federal subsidies. I’m not a fan of the public money, but it’s an investment in national security to bring back manufacturing capacity from Asia.
shortyman920 t1_ir2jnee wrote
Reply to comment by Bewaretheicespiders in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
Fair point, and I admit dont actually know. It’s also several hours from nyc, but that’s a easier relocation for nyc workers than say in Ohio or Missouri. Lots of experienced workers end up moving farther and farther away from nyc itself anyway
It could be for something entirely different like deals cut with the state
Twheezy01 t1_ir2fa6x wrote
Reply to comment by shortyman920 in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
I live in Syracuse, we get knocked for high taxes but it's not that bad around here. The people that get those jobs will be stylin
Twheezy01 t1_ir2ex7n wrote
Reply to comment by RumbleSuperswami in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
Reporting from Syracuse, it will be in the Clay area
itguyonreddit t1_ir2dv8i wrote
Reply to comment by black_brook in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
Um, they make Crucial memory, among a bunch of other brands. They are huge.
Eudaimonics t1_ir2ckc5 wrote
Reply to comment by SW2020 in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
How is Tesla going in Texas, Amazon in Tenessee, Apple in North Carolina or Samsung in Austin?
Eudaimonics t1_ir2ce6g wrote
Reply to comment by BlueGuyBuff in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
Global Foundries already has a chip plant in Albany and another just opened up outside of Utica.
NY has been slowly building a corridor for these type of companies and amass the workforce they’re looking for.
On top of that got TONs of graduates from schools like SU, Cornell, RIT, Buffalo, UofR and SUNY Polytechnic. All top 100 colleges/universities within 100 miles of Syracuse.
cptmcsexy t1_ir2a3k7 wrote
Reply to comment by SirCodeye in Nvidia RTX 3060 Begins its Reign as the Most Popular GPU | Combined desktop and laptop puts the 3060 at the top of the Steam charts by chrisdh79
I used it a lot, what way is it based? Is there a better site to compare parts?
Plastic_Cheesecake49 t1_ir284ks wrote
Reply to comment by BlueGuyBuff in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
Yeah this is great, huge win.
ThisIsSoooStupid t1_ir26gad wrote
Reply to comment by westbamm in Nvidia RTX 3060 Begins its Reign as the Most Popular GPU | Combined desktop and laptop puts the 3060 at the top of the Steam charts by chrisdh79
Not true, GPUs aren't announced every month. Or even every year. We are just a month away from new gen announcement , it makes no sense to not wait, unless your work depends on it.
Garencio t1_ir25tkf wrote
Reply to Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
While it’s good to see manufacturing come back to the USA Are these companies getting huge tax breaks after leaving US in the first place? I’d love to own something new made here
Bewaretheicespiders t1_ir23m30 wrote
Reply to comment by shortyman920 in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
How's the semicon talent pool in NYC?
Big population doesnt mean big talent pool in every sector. Remember THQ? They had a studio in NYC, up to the point they realized not a single employee was from there, they had all relocated for the job. So they closed it down and moved the whole operation to Montreal. Or so some former employees told me. Wasnt enough to save them though...
black_brook t1_ir1zyxb wrote
Reply to Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
Mt first PC was a micron. I didn't even know they still existed.
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Reply to comment by SW2020 in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
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AnacondaPimpHand t1_ir1y6zt wrote
Reply to comment by ddelisle in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
The chips coming out of these fabs are still in wafer form. They are shipped to another factory for “dicing”. Dicing is a much simpler process than the actual manufacture of the chips so I believe most of it is done overseas (cost saving).
shortyman920 t1_ir1xisv wrote
Reply to comment by GullibleDetective in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
Very true
GullibleDetective t1_ir1vkl8 wrote
Reply to comment by shortyman920 in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
I'd imagine lots of kickbacks and behind close door deals were done.
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ddelisle t1_ir1tm30 wrote
Reply to Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
All these new fabs that will be built in the USA: the chips will be sent to China/India/Taiwan/etc. to be installed into devices? Or will the devices be sent to USA for completion? Just curious how this is all going to play out.
shortyman920 t1_ir1sxrg wrote
Reply to comment by BlueGuyBuff in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
Yeah, you would think a state with lower taxes and lower costs, but I guess upstate NY could at least draw from a richer talent pool with the proximity to nyc
SW2020 t1_ir1rsc0 wrote
Reply to Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
I'll believe it when it's done.
How's the Foxconn plant going in Wisconsin?
[deleted] t1_ir1nmf9 wrote
Reply to comment by Biscuits4u2 in Nvidia RTX 3060 Begins its Reign as the Most Popular GPU | Combined desktop and laptop puts the 3060 at the top of the Steam charts by chrisdh79
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kumatoras t1_ir1lzoa wrote
Reply to comment by PsecretPseudonym in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
It still takes a lot of people to run a wafer fab. Intel fabs for instance are highly automated but you still need folks to keep tabs on the machines and also folks to fix them. These factories staff quite a lot of people depending on their size, and the more machines you have, the more people you need.
BobJohansson t1_ir1khwa wrote
Reply to comment by RumbleSuperswami in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
Yup. Just north inside Clay.
croto8 t1_ir2q5gc wrote
Reply to comment by Twheezy01 in Micron’s investing $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor fabrication facility’ to New York by Avieshek
I’m sure they were referring to corporate taxes.