In the early days of computing there were several European chip companies which competed with Intel. The Acorn RISC Machine (ARM) processors that are widely use

In the early days of computing there were several European chip companies which competed with Intel. The Acorn RISC Machine (ARM) processors that are widely used today were originally designed in the UK in 1985. For better or worse, chip design and manufacturing is tremendously capital intensive so you have to focus on money to make it sustainable over the long term.