Very much so. For example the UK's only FAB in Newport was formerly used to make Inmos Transputers. It can currently do 180nm chips which is late 90s technolo

Very much so. For example the UK's only FAB in Newport was formerly used to make Inmos Transputers. It can currently do 180nm chips which is late 90s technology. There are very many in Japan if you look at Wikipedia's list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabrication_plants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabricat...