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1 | 0Computer Chips Are Still 'Made in USA' (axios.com) null/SLASHDOT/0102636958 70\r |
2 | i Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (msmash)\r | |
3 | i from the how-about-that dept.\r | |
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5 | i For all the wishful thinking about manufacturing more laptops\r | |
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6 | i and iPhones in the U.S., there is [1]one sector of tech\r |
7 | i manufacturing where America remains a leader: computer chips .\r | |
8 | i From a report:\r | |
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10 | i > Some $44 billion worth of semiconductors are exported from\r | |
11 | i the U.S. each year, making them America's fourth leading\r | |
12 | i manufacturing export after cars, airplanes and refined oil.\r | |
13 | i There are roughly 80 wafer fabrication plants (aka fabs) in\r | |
14 | i the U.S., spread across 19 states. [...] An even greater share\r | |
15 | i of the world's computer chips are designed domestically and\r | |
16 | i made overseas by companies including Qualcomm, Apple, Broadcom\r | |
17 | i and Nvidia. A bunch of the high-tech gear needed to produce\r | |
18 | i chips is also designed and/or made in the U.S.\r | |
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22 | i [1] https://www.axios.com/computer-chips-manufacturing-america-\r | |
23 | i -10dcfe13-64f3-4ea9-ad4a-cb189a00429a.html\r | |
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