@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.de#Vietnam is pushing hard on the #semiconductor front, the first fab in view. 32 nm only, and few details on how it shall be built. But it remains a theme reshuffling funds, also supported by growth in #datacenter
@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.de✅ entering #TSMC headquarters. We got a green #semiconductor manufacturing tour through fabs. Sustainability as a roadshow.
Then we visited a village that had been kindly asked to relocate for a new 2 nm fab. Cutting edges. The temple and local god had to move, too – better get the deity’…
@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.deEpic insights on the #semiconductor industry in #Taiwan. We’re on the second day of our workshop, with a heavy focus on walks.
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The industry came to the island in the freaking 1950s. Here’s a precious IBM machine, infamously transported by horse car 🐎 because trucks were to shaky…
@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.deTaboo in the clean room: workers in #semiconductor fabs, e.g. TSMC in #Taiwan, face high mental pressure. They cannot eat pizza – it’s too similar to the form of an IC waver. 😬
I will continue dropping these insights, here from clinical psychology. Unions are banned, btw., so better med…
@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.deTalking #water in Hsinchu: the biggest reservoir and cleanest stream here in the mid-north of #Taiwan is connected with the Science Park. It serves the #semiconductor industry. A bit is for agricu…
@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.deMigrant workers in #Taiwan are mostly from Southeast Asia, the #semiconductor industry esp. pulls from the #Philippines. Entire neighborhoods cater to
@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.deBack in #Taiwan, ready for a cracker tour through the wee #semiconductor industry with our interational “Silicon Urbanism” research group.
From clean rooms to water streams, we’ll do it all
