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Main difference with comparing the two projects is that Samsung has been operating in Austin, Texas since the late 90's (nearly 30 years). They've built two fabs in Austin, a short drive from Taylor, and probably went through the same learning experiences with differences in culture between...

So my understanding from this article was referring to investment in assembly and test operations. These are generally much less technical, requiring less capital investment and therefore more labor intensive. Most of the jobs spurred by this investment would generally pay less than the...

Well Micron and Global Foundries are building more fabs in upstate NY so water and labor availability might outweigh regulations in some cases

At this point the biggest hold up to building new fabs is finding enough highly trained workers. Water, electricity,transportation and regulatory environment are helpful as well. You generally see fab sites announced near existing ones (poach people) or near major universities and manufacturing...

You are correct that 1.8nm seems beyond a 8nm resolution. Rayleigh's equation tells us that the minimum CD is equal to a k1 factor times wavelength over numerical aperture. Theoretical k1 limit typically used is 0.25. So CD = 0.25 *(13.5nm/0.55) results in a CD a little over 6nm, 8nm is a...