The amount of fab time to make a wafer skyrocketed after 14nm due to more complex processes (quad patterning, or quad patterning + EUV is required for 7-6nm)... but demand is continuing to rise.
The best place to invest the money in the USA.... would be to pay for Global Foundries to build 7, 5 and 3 NM fabs... Intel has enough money to do whatever they want, TSMC has no intention of building anything state of the art in the USA.
So WTF happened? (Score:2)
Did the demand skyrocket or what? Where'd this multi-year backlog come from?
Re:So WTF happened? (Score:2)
The best place to invest the money in the USA.... would be to pay for Global Foundries to build 7, 5 and 3 NM fabs... Intel has enough money to do whatever they want, TSMC has no intention of building anything state of the art in the USA.
Re:So WTF happened? (Score:5, Informative)
TSMC has no intention of building anything state of the art in the USA.
TSMC is building a 5 nm fab in Arizona [tomshardware.com].