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Same story here. Why should I spend years toiling away in a clean-room for shit pay when I can 3x or 4x my pay doing a much easier job?

Supply and demand for labor should fix this. NVidia and friends can clearly afford to pay more for wafers.

can never be competitive with overseas suppliers

For reference: The annual median TSMC salary in Taiwan including bonus was 58k USD in 2021.

Which is more than TSMC offered some of my friends in the US who had industry experience. They're cheapskates.

58k/year in Taiwan is also considered crazy good money. The average income in taiwan is about $58k NTD/month (aka $1900ish USD) https://www.statista.com/statistics/319845/taiwan-average-mo...

Sure, but that doesn't help with making it easier to compete with Taiwan in this field on a global scale.

Nvidia don't run any fabs. If you want it produced in the USA, your going to have to pay for that security.

I understand. That’s why I said “pay for wafers”

What?

The market has not delivered a resilient supply chain.

If you want it an America, you will need to subsidise it.