Subj : How far I've come...
To   : Cougar428
From : Ted Long
Date : Mon Jan 30 2023 04:25 pm

  Re: How far I've come...
  By: Cougar428 to TED LONG on Mon Jan 30 2023 03:42 pm

    Most of the automotive PIC's and PLA's that used to be made in US silicon foundries are currently made in Red China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The over-priced Apple stuff that used to be assembled in Cupertino is now made by Foxconn labor mills in Nicaragua and Beijing, right next to the Intel CPU plants.
    Most of the RF and analog chips formerly made in the states by National Semi and Motorola is now made in S. Korea by NXP. Think about it...the guts of our Patriot missiles (1980's tech) that used to be made in Silicon Valley is now made 50 miles away from a nation led by one of the looniest dictators in the world. If Kim Jung Fool decides to nuke Seoul, where are the chips for our
older military tech gonna come from?
    IMHO, the Chips Act is 20 years too late.

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