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Old 06-12-2006, 10:00 PM
Yamaha B-2 Yamaha B-2 is offline
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Originally Posted by peverett
I want to emphasize that when I mentioned microchip production in the US, I meant PRODUCTION in the US, not just distribution. All of the companies that I mentioned have wafer fabrication facilities in the US. Some are building new wafer fabs here. For those that do not know, the wafer fab is where the actual integrated circuit is built. The remaining work is just placing it into the package to be soldiered onto the PC board.
Interesting. Who is building new fabs in the U.S.? And where?
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