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Sunday, August 6, 2023

Chip Building in America

Chip Building in America

Indiana Tests if the Heartland Can Transform Into a Chip Hub
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/technology/indiana-chips-act.html
Indiana does have some advantages. The state has ample land and water — which are necessary for large chip factories that use water to cool equipment and rinse silicon wafers — and it has relatively stable weather for the highly sensitive production process. It also has Purdue University, with an engineering school that has promised to turn out the technicians and researchers needed for chip production. 


Two Towns, Two Factories: How a $500 Billion Boom Exposes American Failures
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-us-middle-class-manufacturing-2024-election/