| 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 |
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