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