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yeah that and pretty much every computer in the world
by micromacrofoot 4y ago
yeah that and pretty much every computer in the world
- Gare 4y agoBut the machines that make "computers" are designed and produced in Europe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASML_Holding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASML_Holding If you know how to make the tool, you probably know how to make the product.
- prottog 4y agoOnly theoretically. In practice, it takes a lot of know-how unseen by the public to make a product in a manner that is price-competitive against other players in the market. Europe is obviously technologically capable of building chips and assembling functioning laptops that are ready for consumption, since as you pointed out they are capable of making the machines that make the chips; but that's still a long way from saying that they can start churning out Macbook Airs.