Comments by "Martinit0" (@Martinit0) on "imec: The Semiconductor Watering Hole" video.

@Asianometry Maybe someone from IMEC watching your channel can arrange an IMEC tour. Would certainly be interesting to have a video of that. Apart from that Leuven is worth a visit by itself, the variety of pubs, bars and beers is amazing. If you are ambitious you could even do a Europe tour, visiting ASML, as well as maybe Globalfoundries in Dresden, Germany or Carl Zeiss SMT
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US still going strong in the biotech / pharma sector as far as govt/college funding is concerned. Ever heard of NIH, Broad Institute etc? The reality is that US companies realized that it's very difficult to make money with hardware. Way easier with software and that is a consequence of a legal pecularity: instead of selling software outright you can (and everybody does) just license it for use, retain all ownership and control of the software. That gives you way more control over the customer. Whereas with hardware the minute you delivered it the customer has full ownership and control. Only Apple has figured out how to make money with hardware and that was by combining it with software and removing control of the hardware from users. That way Apple can get a 30% cut of EVERY monetary transaction on their phones for example. Imagine you manufacture cash registers and get 30% of revenue from every transaction. Back to biotech and pharma - you now realize that those sectors are likewise very well protected and developed in terms of IP and licensing and that makes it easier to defend and more money can be made and therefore flows into that sector.
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Don't poke the bear or he will release the DRAM.
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But Globalfoundries is still operating those fabs in SG, so not really a loss, just change of ownership.
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@dirk2518 How is that different in other countries? Where is it that a local government cannot support local businesses or research centers?
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