

Europe fabs have been tried and cheap fabs work but the premier small dies are unable to find profit. Even US chips are bigger, older models. Taiwan is really the only place to get world class technology at an affordable price.
Europe might sell a lot of chips but “winning” is a very loose criteria that doesn’t apply when comparing technological sophistication of chips or innovation.



Lobbyists, if they must exist, should be fully public with their names and office addresses available along with the amount they spend and who provides the money and who does it go to. Lobbyists need accountability.