To: Yossarian
As to why that plant isn't in the USA, while chip manufacturing is indeed _very_ hazardous work, the regulations on it go beyond reasonable now in the US, not to mention energy costs (for both manufacturing and transport to customers).
There are plants in the US; IBM recently built a new one in NY state.
High tech such as that gets a lot of "romance" benefits from government to build plants.
20 posted on
03/08/2014 7:20:25 PM PST by
PieterCasparzen
(We have to fix things ourselves)
To: PieterCasparzen
Funny you mention that there are reports of an IBM exec on board
24 posted on
03/08/2014 7:26:19 PM PST by
ConservativeMan55
(In America, we don't do pin pricks. But sometimes we elect them.)
To: PieterCasparzen
Yeah, the GloFo plant up there got a huge tax-payer sweetheart deal.
Actually, I prefer the gooberment to not be involved, for safety reasons at the very least. The regulations which SHOULD exist must be enforced with ZERO conflict of interest.
To: PieterCasparzen
There are plants in the US; IBM recently built a new one in NY state. Actually it was Global Foundries that built the new fab in Malta, NY. IBM's plant in East Fishkill, NY is about 12 years old.
There are more than 50 chip fabs in the USA.
79 posted on
03/09/2014 9:53:40 AM PDT by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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