[noipv4]

Registered for it. it's sponsored by intel, interestingly.

[mandevil]

It's about 230 miles from West Lafayette Ind to Columbus Oh where Intel is building their new 20B fab. I suspect that this is part of an effort to create more semi-conductor engineers to work at that plant.

[dexwiz]

Purdue is an engineering school and has an existing electrical engineering and nanotechnology departments. Indiana has a stronger biotech presence but they could support chip fabs. But like the rest of the rust belt/midwest, manufacturing has been hollowed out since the 80s.

[metaphor]

> I suspect that this is part of an effort to create more semi-conductor engineers to work at that plant.

Not just at Intel's Ohio fab, but across the nation as part of a much broader onshoring movement[1].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31756704