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To: reed13
"We have plenty of chip and component manufacturers still in the states"

Lots of headquarters are here, but the physical plant is tiny and manufacturing and assembly volume are at the booutique level. When the Army or the DoD requires a half-million units of something, there's nobody on this side of the Yellow Sea that is in a position to deliver it.

I also work in the industry, and I see what goes to the warfighters. It ain't made in California.

56 posted on 10/27/2010 8:08:00 AM PDT by jboot (Let Christ be true and every man a liar.)
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To: jboot

Your correct about Cali - it doesn’t need to be out of that “golden state”. TI is in Texas, Intel is elsewhere as well. ATC is on the East coast. etc etc. 1/2 million is nothing for a wafer plant - lucky if you can get them to make the dies for less than that - I know I’ve tried.


69 posted on 10/27/2010 10:03:42 AM PDT by reed13 (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.")
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