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IBM use to manufacture PowerPC chips in New York and Vermont. They may still, but I'm not sure.
by _wldu 5y ago
IBM use to manufacture PowerPC chips in New York and Vermont. They may still, but I'm not sure.
- bluedino 5y agoAFAIK the Vermont plant is owned by GlobalFoundries and is still operational.
- yarg 5y agoI think GlobalFoundries pretty much abandoned the idea of actually improving their tech (https://www.anandtech.com/show/13277/globalfoundries-stops-all-7nm-development https://www.anandtech.com/show/13277/globalfoundries-stops-a...). I'm not sure what's changed since then. It may work for GF, but it's not enough for national security interests - critical parts of the supply chain depend on a potentially hostile foreign power (and it's not just silicon). I'd say the US should invest in TSMC, and push to expand manufacturing capabilities to domesticate some production - but good luck convincing taxpayer's that that's a good idea.