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Why making chips in Arizona costs so much more

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Politicians absolutely love the patriotic idea of bringing factory jobs home right up until they see the actual corporate receipt. Moving advanced semiconductor production from Taiwan to the Arizona desert exposed the brutal reality of reshoring: the US entirely lacks the hyper-specialized labor and supplier network, forcing TSMC to import workers and driving total production costs up by a staggering margin.

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