Comment by Cumpiler69
5 days ago
>Thus the cost of labor isn't a significant factor.
It is. Semi fabs aren't fire-and-forget. You need highly skilled people to constantly check and tweak all the operations in a feedback loop 24/7 and every hour of downtime due to any issue means millions lost. You hire the right people to minimize that downtime while also keeping the costs in check. It's a delicate balance.
What % of the all fab costs over two decades are the people? Including the cost of building it and modernization
All money ultimately goes to labor. Rocks don't accept cash as payment.
but not fab's labor.
Touché
True, but compared to the amount of production I would guess these are only a few people.