MEP EP#345: The Hot List of Tasty Chip Fabs

<h4><a href="https://macrofab.com/blog/mep-ep345-the-hot-list-of-tasty-chip-fabs">MEP EP#345: The Hot List of Tasty Chip Fabs</a><b><br></b></h4><p><b>Pool Shark Update!</b></p> <p><a href="https://www.fierceelectronics.com/sensors/wolfspeed-fab-nc-latest-chips-act-list?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=FE-NL-Fierce+Electronics&amp;oly_enc_id=3770A9139045H9X" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Wolfspeed fab for NC is latest on CHIPS Act list</b></a></p> <ul> <li aria-level="1">668,000 domestic manufacturing jobs</li> <li aria-level="1">Global Unemployment. Do we have enough people for this?</li> <li aria-level="1">What technology are they aiming for?</li> </ul> <p><b>Here’s the latest hot list of cool chip fabs coming to the US</b></p> <ul> <li aria-level="1">GlobalFoundries <ul> <li aria-level="2">180nm down to 12nm</li> </ul> </li> <li aria-level="1">Intel <ul> <li aria-level="2">Ohio</li> <li aria-level="2">New Mexico</li> <li aria-level="2">Arizona</li> </ul> </li> <li aria-level="1">Micron <ul> <li aria-level="2">Memory Chips</li> </ul> </li> <li aria-level="1">Samsung <ul> <li aria-level="2">High end computing</li> </ul> </li> <li aria-level="1">Texas Instruments <ul> <li aria-level="2">45nm+ analog, embedded electronics</li> <li aria-level="2">Articles say it will complement other factories already in Texas</li> </ul> </li> <li aria-level="1">TSMC <ul> <li aria-level="2">5nm</li> </ul> </li> <li aria-level="1">Wolfspeed <ul> <li aria-level="2">Worlds largest silicon carbide manufacturing facility</li> <li aria-level="2">Much higher power devices with higher voltage capabilities due to large band gap</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><b>Failure Friday - </b><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEngineers/comments/wb46py/failure_friday_29_jul_2022_break_something_at_the/"><b>Break something at the office this week? We want to hear about it!</b></a></p> <ul> <li aria-level="1">Billed the wrong phase of a project<