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That would pretty much mean that most countries would be starting off from a level playing field in producing their own chips. With South Korea being top dog fo
by simonblack 5y ago
That would pretty much mean that most countries would be starting off from a level playing field in producing their own chips. With South Korea being top dog for a while.
Within 5 years or so, China would become the biggest producer as it has the money available for the greatest investment. The US would continue its decline from being the top dog in the 1980s to becoming pretty much irrelevant in chip production, though they would still be amongst the top designers for a while longer.
- goldname 5y agoThat doesn't make any sense. Intel is also a huge producer of high end chips.
- simonblack 5y agoIntel doesn't have a lot of advanced fabs in the US. Hence the steady decline in its production figures. Intel still has good designers, but not the fabs to produce those designs. Cost-wise, Intel production in the US is not competitive.
- tarlinian 5y agoThat’s just not true? They have significant amounts of production in Arizona, some in Oregon (along with TD) and then the rest in Ireland and Israel (which probably aren’t much lower cost than Arizona)
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoChina still lacks the ability to produce modern process sizes with decent yields, and I don't think the west is going to sell them the equipment needed to do that anytime soon. So maybe 15 or 25 years to catch up?