In recent years, there have been efforts to bring semiconductor manufacturing to more places in the world. Take the poll and in the Comments section, let us know if you think semiconductors will successfully be manufactured in more areas globally.
Implementing a state-of-the-art chip fab facility is a colossal undertaking. To set one up that is also competitive with TSMC is highly problematic. It would be great to see more startups, and more competition but the costs and the risks are way beyond what most companies and most countries are willing to take on. You could count on a cost of 3 to 10 billion dollars and maybe it would start to return an operating profit in 10 years, but it is anybody's guess when there would be a an ROI.
Implementing a state-of-the-art chip fab facility is a colossal undertaking. To set one up that is also competitive with TSMC is highly problematic. It would be great to see more startups, and more competition but the costs and the risks are way beyond what most companies and most countries are willing to take on. You could count on a cost of 3 to 10 billion dollars and maybe it would start to return an operating profit in 10 years, but it is anybody's guess when there would be a an ROI.
