Originally Posted By: twistybox
Originally Posted By: jam
give America a little more credit. Intel, IBM, AMD, TI, Analog Devices, Motorola, Marvell just to name a few, are all great American companies that design and manufacture some of the most complex electronic and ICs in the world.


And none of the complicated and best known ones manufactured in the USA.


Boy are you WRONG. Intel, IBM, TI, and Analog Devices still do most of their wafer fabrication in the US. Yes, packaging is offshore, but the "high tech" stuff itself is still very much here.

Just one example:

http://download.intel.com/newsroom/kits/22nm/pdfs/Global-Intel-Manufacturing_FactSheet.pdf


Edited by Kevin C Brown (06/26/12 04:52 PM)
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