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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 | |
4 | i\r | |
5 | i For all the wishful thinking about manufacturing more laptops\r | |
6 | i and iPhones in the U.S., there is one sector of tech\r | |
7 | i manufacturing where America remains a leader: computer chips.\r | |
8 | i From a report: Some $44 billion worth of semiconductors are\r | |
9 | i exported from the U.S. each year, making them America's fourth\r | |
10 | i leading manufacturing export after cars, airplanes and refined\r | |
11 | i oil. There are roughly 80 wafer fabrication plants (aka fabs)\r | |
12 | i in the U.S., spread across 19 states. [...] An even greater\r | |
13 | i share of the world's computer chips are designed domestically\r | |
14 | i and made overseas by companies including Qualcomm, Apple,\r | |
15 | i Broadcom and Nvidia. A bunch of the high-tech gear needed to\r | |
16 | i produce chips is also designed and/or made in the U.S.\r | |
17 | i\r |