This seems to be paying lip service to creating a supply chain in the USA. These are not anything like Apple Silicon ARM chips, they are not even Wifi chips?

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arenaninja 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I figure supply chain migration is an incremental process and any progress is a win. In my mind some of the tech needs genuinely experienced staff and that must be seeded somehow.

Note I am talking out of my ass but this is how I see the picture. I have no experience in supply chain or manufacturing :)

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eitally an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I have 15 years experience working in high tech electronics manufacturing (for a global firm with factories around the world, including in the US and China) and can tell you the most difficult thing to manage is the supply chain. For time as much as cost, but if you have to ship a $.10 component 6000 miles to get it to a factory, it's pretty dang inefficient.

That said, you're right about cultivating new experience in younger generations. It's probably not surprising to hear that the majority of factory workers in the US are GenX or older.

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r3trohack3r an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Not just experienced staff but an entire ecosystem of supporting startups, industry, talent, and infrastructure around the main fabs.

	▲	matwood 42 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You forgot education in your list, which the current administration is also at odds with.