> The semiconductor industry has always had this quality: the difference between a pioneer and a founder is often just access to materials, capital, and time.
This applies not just to the semiconductor industry but almost every industry, especially the ones that don't exist yet.
And to this list I would add: a social and economic system that provides a fertile ground for research, experimentation, immigration and entrepreneurship.
While the US has built up such advantages over the years that they can't all be lost in a manic overnight tweet storm, it's sad and a bit scary to see the current environment, which is much more hostile to all of these things.
johncole•48m ago
Who provides such an economic system?
ElProlactin•36m ago
The US, although much less so recently.
China, with heavy state subsidies, has also proven to be pretty effective. Interestingly, it hasn't had to embrace immigration because it has over a billion people.
ElProlactin•55m ago
This applies not just to the semiconductor industry but almost every industry, especially the ones that don't exist yet.
And to this list I would add: a social and economic system that provides a fertile ground for research, experimentation, immigration and entrepreneurship.
While the US has built up such advantages over the years that they can't all be lost in a manic overnight tweet storm, it's sad and a bit scary to see the current environment, which is much more hostile to all of these things.
johncole•48m ago
ElProlactin•36m ago
China, with heavy state subsidies, has also proven to be pretty effective. Interestingly, it hasn't had to embrace immigration because it has over a billion people.