There are quite a few IC manufacturers, CPUs are produced by far less but that probably has more to do with international IP laws and government backed corporat

There are quite a few IC manufacturers, CPUs are produced by far less but that probably has more to do with international IP laws and government backed corporations monopolizing the supply chains for regents and workforce through buyouts, mergers and imigration(I bet it's pretty easy for a qualified cpu designer to get a green card a.k.a. Brain Drain).