Comment by umanwizard

Comment by umanwizard 5 days ago

5 replies

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.

kstrauser 5 days ago

A semi truck carries +- 15 tons of cargo and gets an average of about 6 MPG, so about 90 MPG/ton.

nine_k 5 days ago

Chips are small, so one truck once a few days may suffice.

  • CPLX 5 days ago

    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.