Comment by umanwizard
4 days ago
To ship things to/from these fabs by sea you have to add the cost of shipping by truck between Phoenix and (presumably) LA. Not sure how big of a difference that makes.
4 days ago
To ship things to/from these fabs by sea you have to add the cost of shipping by truck between Phoenix and (presumably) LA. Not sure how big of a difference that makes.
A semi truck carries +- 15 tons of cargo and gets an average of about 6 MPG, so about 90 MPG/ton.
Trains are pretty efficient as well.
Chips are small, so one truck once a few days may suffice.
Airplanes. They use airplanes. We are talking about microchips here, possibly the highest dollar per gram substance that exists on the planet.
The interest you'd pay just losing a couple days in transit time would exceed the cost of purchasing a dedicated private jet and the crew to fly it.
Imagine the insurance...