To me this article looks like an oversimplification of calculations. True, there’s no competition for Nvidia (which in itself a fabless company). So they need to build FABS over the years with investors lock-in themselves for multiple years.
Abu dhabhi is quite aggressive on semiconductor ecosystem. They are the biggest shareholder in GlobalFoundries, and trying to train emiratis from 2012 (or even before), yet they aren’t able to build something within their boundaries. TSMC being a Taiwanese player is hedging assets across the globe because of local geo-political issue. So, maybe MAYBE I see a convergence of #1 & #3,4 fabs of the world. With poor demand forecasts and abysmal quarterly results, convergence is good!
For Altman - Aaah, new chips, I can run my LLMs faster fellas! A private LLM ecosystem🤩