What goes around comes around. All these companies that sent their business to China has come back to bite him in the ass. All they care about is more dollars in their pockets that’s their priority no one stops and thinks ahead.So ere we are.Mark my words.
Be prepared for a minimum of 3 years of continuing issues.
I also wish the media/pundits would not just simply call it "chip shortage". It's a supply issue for nearly every component, and most of it can be traced back to China's "zero COVID" policy of completely locking down a major international shipping port, and causing shipping resources to be stuck in China..... even items that are not made in China can't find cargo containers and ships to move it because a significant portion of the global shipping industry is stuck in transit in China, particularly Shanghai....
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19...-impact-of-lockdown-on-supply-chains-12593848
TSMC is who I'm supporting and am in Taiwan getting the new hires up to speed. Tons of opportunity and low 6 figure jobs are currently available and desperately need to be filled. Especially with the current state of political affairs and the customer needing to get their operations moved to a more stable / secure country, there is huge sense of urgency to get the new AZ Fab up and running.I really want to move back to AZ and work in one of the fabs there.
I travelled too much, doing installs, startups and quals. I lived in China for several years. I'd like to work in a domestic fab environment if the pay is ok.
I reckon the pay will be less, seems all the money is in startups and contract maintenance.
Current job has me out in the elements, sun, rain, sociopathic bums... the air conditioned fab life beckons.....
This is a little old as the buildings now have the glass panels on them and the interiors are now being constructed. This is the 1st of 5 sets of fabs being planned for the site, Yep, That's Correct, 5 Fabs, the site will dwarf anything we've ever seen stateside . . .This is what it looked like in March/2022.
This factory will produce 5nm chips initially and can be converted to 3nm later if needed.