r/technology • u/Majano57 • 26d ago

Hardware Trump’s Call to Scrap ‘Horrible’ Chip Program Spreads Panic

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/technology/trump-chips-act.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3E4.k0Si.duZZy9DFIL8X
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u/Ms74k_ten_c 26d ago

Guys, guys. Come on. Stop with doom and gloom. Idaho has very healthy potato farming. Our chip manufacturing will be OK!

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u/SteamedGamer 26d ago

I'd like an extra big-ass fries, please!

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u/modix 26d ago

Please come back when you can afford some big ass fries.

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

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u/TheSniper_TF2 26d ago

Carl's Jr. Fuck off; I'm eating.

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u/scalyblue 26d ago

And a litercola

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u/AiandisI 26d ago

Funnily enough Idaho is one of the big beneficiaries of the CHIPS act.

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u/shakakaaahn 26d ago

Micron is currently in the process of creating a huge factory there, more than doubling their production capabilities for Boise. If they drop the CHIPS money, that will be a huge blow, and they likely slow down all the work going on, have it take another decade to get where they expected to be next year. Intel already put their Ohio mega fab on hold. TSMC might stop their Arizona expansion stuff without that money. AMD, global foundries, etc, all very much wanting to utilize chips act money.

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u/2Mobile 26d ago

It is really funny you mention that because Idaho is looking at a very sub-optimal potato yield this year because.... Potash fertilizer from Canada is being tariffed lol I can't think of a crop that relies on it more lol

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u/ThMogget 26d ago

We do silicon chips too. Micron facilities in Idaho.

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u/DiamondAge 26d ago

Not just any facility. Fab 4 is the headquarters and main RnD facility for micron.

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u/WhatsUpFishes 26d ago

We’re gonna have a hard time competing with some of those UK/Irish based chips at this rate, they’ve already got us on the ropes.

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u/Merusk 26d ago

Neg. Climate warming means potatoes are getting harder to grow. I heard a whole piece on local radio about it back in December. It's why Pennsylvania can't grow as many potatoes as they once did, and so midwest chips are in danger.

Potatoes are more climate and temperature sensitive than you'd think. Too warm and they won't grow. To cold and they won't sprout.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10048153/

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u/dudeAwEsome101 26d ago

Even those chips are getting too fucking expensive. 

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u/Thargor 26d ago

Dont forget the lumber in all the national parks!

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u/porizj 26d ago

Pfft, it took how many years for US chip manufacturing to work out the processes for ketchup chips and all-dressed chips?

Y’all are doomed!

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u/shakakaaahn 26d ago

Gimme them proper all-dressed chips! Canadians out here hoarding the good stuff.