The pun “chip, chip, hooray” is too obvious to get around. Accordingly, Saxony’s Prime Minister is happy to use it in efforts to settle even more semiconductor industry in his federal state, which was once again crowned with success. The most astonishing thing about the report that the company TSMC from Taiwan wants to build a new large chip factory in Dresden is actually the astonishment that is now being expressed by some. Could anyone think of a German location that would be more predestined? One where the semiconductor industry would have more deeply rooted roots, where it would have proved to have had an even greater impact on history and society? Especially since you, if you look at the realities in the so-called Silicon Valley has taken a closer look, could come to the conclusion that what calls itself that Silicon Saxony even the more livable valley today.
Microelectronics in the GDR: “Chip Chip Hooray” – culture
