Inside a GlobalFoundries chipmaking plant in upstate NY, filled with $10B worth of machinery, detailing the three-month, 700-step chip manufacturing process
and expensive — pieces of equipment in the factory are the lithography machines that print the intricate designs on the wafers. The Malta plant has 20 of those; each costs roughly $100 million.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Jay Cuthrell / @jaycuthrell : Intel has invested ~$20B in New Mexico since 1980 which includes ~$3.5B in upgrades... this year. TSMC will invest ~$12B in Arizona... this year. GlobalFoundries will invest ~$2.5B in New York and Vermont... this year. @USGov? $52B? That's pretty... wait for it... FABulous.🤓 https://twitter.com/... Steven Vogel / @stevenkvogel : It's not so easy to make a computer chip . . . @JeanneWhalen cites me in this piece on the state of semiconductor manufacturing: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
The chipmaking process is extremely complex - sixty layers, 700 steps, and a 3-month start-to-finish timeline. @WashingtonPost visited our Fab 8 in upstate New York to learn why it takes so much time and precision to produce a single chip. @JeanneWhalen https://www.washingtonpost…
“The most crucial — and expensive — pieces of equipment in the factory are the lithography machines that print the intricate designs on the wafers. The Malta plant has 20 of those; each costs roughly $100 million.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Intel has invested ~$20B in New Mexico since 1980 which includes ~$3.5B in upgrades... this year. TSMC will invest ~$12B in Arizona... this year. GlobalFoundries will invest ~$2.5B in New York and Vermont... this year. @USGov? $52B? That's pretty... wait for it... FABulous.🤓 http…
It's not so easy to make a computer chip . . . @JeanneWhalen cites me in this piece on the state of semiconductor manufacturing: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...