It took Apple, one of the most powerful company in history, about decade and half, multiple acquisitions and many billions of dollars to be able to compete with Intel.
By the time any incumbent in Germany would be ready, even assuming they start right now, that fab will be heavily outdated.
But there’s literally bazillion other semiconductors (and they are the main reason for the shortage, not high end CPUs) that you can competitively manufacture and increase supply chain locality for critical components.
By the time any incumbent in Germany would be ready, even assuming they start right now, that fab will be heavily outdated.
But there’s literally bazillion other semiconductors (and they are the main reason for the shortage, not high end CPUs) that you can competitively manufacture and increase supply chain locality for critical components.