Herbert Graf wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 11:17 -0400, Sean Breheny wrote:
>   
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> I thought that there were a few high-end chip fabs in the US (AMD,
>> Intel, etc.). Am I wrong?
>>     
>
> There are quite a few fabs in the US. That said, they aren't the leading
> edge in feature size. I don't know what your definition of "high end"
> is. If by "high end" you mean state of the art in feature size then no,
> I don't think there are anymore at the leading edge in the states (by
> leading edge I mean feature sizes below 90nm, others might disagree with
> this line).
>
> Most of the higher end (smaller feature size) fabs are in Asia. Some are
> in Germany (AMD). I believe Israel also?
>
> TTYL
>   
Israel is a world-leader in battery technology (Tadiran) and medical 
research  (diabetes in particular).
There ARE a few prototype wafer shops in the USA; even Microchip has a 
tiny lab in Chandler. But the
cost of labor in the USA is still too high for a real production line to 
be located in the USA (or any other high-tax
country, for that matter). But if the $USD falls much further, it will 
turn around.

--Bob A
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