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Re: Why The US Doesn't Stand A Chance

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From not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject Re: Why The US Doesn't Stand A Chance
Newsgroups comp.misc
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Date 2025-02-21 08:57 +1000
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Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
> You don't START by building a state of the art nanometer fab.  You start
> by making cheap opamps and TTL glue chips and once you have that down you
> work up.

I think the USA never left that space. Texas Instruments has six
fabs in the USA, oldest built in 1966 and newest in 2022. That
said, they've also got one in China and last time I bought from
them (directly) the parcel came from Shanghai.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabrication_plants

> But you want to do that in a place where there is surplus hardware,
> readily available supplies, and local expertise.  Attempts to start at the
> top invariably end in failure too.

Intel appear to have a lot of fabs in the USA already "at the top"
in terms of nm. But then we keep hearing that they're about to go
broke, so maybe that's part of their problem (or it's what Trump's
about to change?).

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Why The US Doesn’t Stand A Chance Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-02-20 04:59 +0000
  Re: Why The US Doesn’t Stand A Chance kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-02-20 21:58 +0000
    Re: Why The US Doesn't Stand A Chance not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-02-21 08:57 +1000
      Re: Why The US Doesn't Stand A Chance not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-02-21 09:01 +1000

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