>When we talk about semiconductor manufacturing, we might bring up images in our head of massive fabs, yellow clean rooms, and people walking around in bunny suits.
>That mental image might lead us to presume semiconductor manufacturing to be this squeaky clean endeavor.
>But when we say "clean", we really mean "clean" in the sense that we want to keep the product free of particles. We really have no idea what is going on in those fabs for the people working and living around there.
>These companies use immense amounts of toxic and carcinogenic materials to make the beautiful chips that power our machines. And, if we were to simply look at the historical record, then there is reason for concern.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_hazards_in_semiconducto...
There is another reality however.
https://venturebeat.com/2022/02/24/ukraine-supplies-90-perce...
SMIC got sanctioned by the US government. Lets not forget about huawei situation. TSMC got double and triple booked. Hence why the USA is running their navy through the straight and super worried China is about to invade Taiwan... even though... it is china... no countries on Earth actually recognize Taiwan as a sovereign nation.
USA, Japan, Korea obviously do have lots of fabs. There's billions of $ from all western countries going into producing new fabs all over. Intel RiscV!!!
There seems to be a bottleneck and there are an awful lot of triggers ready to pull over this.
The current semiconductor industry is dangerous to work for, but when these billions of new fabs get built. The oversupply of semiconductors will make working there very safe.