The announcement follows Tesla's groundbreaking earlier this year on a research semiconductor facility at the North Campus of Tesla's Giga Texas campus, which the companies describe as a precursor to Terafab.
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Samlebon2306 Same megalomania radiating from Musk: take something that already exists, wrap it in a shiny buzzword, and present it as a cosmic breakthrough. This time it’s the failed Intel machinery — the industrial equivalent of a junkyard car — dragged out, sandblasted, and given a fresh coat of “Mega Fab” paint. Investors see chrome; engineers see the same old chassis with a new decal. The hype cycle follows its usual choreography: inflate expectations with oversized numbers, repeat the spectacle until investors start chanting for an IPO. And right on cue, the IPO appears. Early buyers slice off the fresh cut; latecomers gather whatever crumbs survive the feeding frenzy. Then the Wall Street wind‑machines kick in, pumping the stock skyward like a weather balloon with a destiny. Meanwhile, China quietly completes its semiconductor self‑sufficiency arc, and Alibaba begins flooding global markets with fully‑Made‑in‑China ICs. My intuition keeps murmuring that Taiwan is finally noticing who’s been standing behind the curtain this whole time. Musk cashes out, hands the Mega Factory to the Walton family, and they promptly convert it into a Mega Walmart. Hold on — Bezos storms in, lawsuit in hand, claiming Musk torpedoed their deal. The tech titans reenact a Greek tragedy, except everyone’s wearing Patagonia vests and pretending it’s innovation. Reply
jkflipflop98 The post above is quite possibly the dumbest thing I've ever read on the internet. Reply
vossile Samlebon2306 said: Same megalomania radiating from Musk: take something that already exists, wrap it in a shiny buzzword, and present it as a cosmic breakthrough. This time it’s the failed Intel machinery — the industrial equivalent of a junkyard car — dragged out, sandblasted, and given a fresh coat of “Mega Fab” paint. Investors see chrome; engineers see the same old chassis with a new decal. The hype cycle follows its usual choreography: inflate expectations with oversized numbers, repeat the spectacle until investors start chanting for an IPO. And right on cue, the IPO appears. Early buyers slice off the fresh cut; latecomers gather whatever crumbs survive the feeding frenzy. Then the Wall Street wind‑machines kick in, pumping the stock skyward like a weather balloon with a destiny. Meanwhile, China quietly completes its semiconductor self‑sufficiency arc, and Alibaba begins flooding global markets with fully‑Made‑in‑China ICs. My intuition keeps murmuring that Taiwan is finally noticing who’s been standing behind the curtain this whole time. Musk cashes out, hands the Mega Factory to the Walton family, and they promptly convert it into a Mega Walmart. Hold on — Bezos storms in, lawsuit in hand, claiming Musk torpedoed their deal. The tech titans reenact a Greek tragedy, except everyone’s wearing Patagonia vests and pretending it’s innovation. That is how things seem to be. Those who have been around long enough can see patterns. Reply
cvzalez The render is cute, but needs a Falcon X in the horizon exploding to be more realistic Reply
LordVile 3x bigger, 10x the costs, a tenth the quality and the US taxpayer foots the bill for the losses Reply
Gu3sts That hanger wouldn't look out of place in an avengers film Reply
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