[SOLVED] China or USA

[jimnall2015]

given the current geopolitical environment is it wise to invest in CPUs and firmware made in China?
AMD cpu's are designed and made in china. Some motherboards are made in china.
BUT what choices do we have for USA made hardware and firmware?

 

[Lutfij]

It's known that the world's factory is China/Taiwan/Honk Kong but you are seeing manufacturing done locally(in some countries outside of Asia) the only thing that does drive someone to outsource their manufacturing to China is that they get economies of scale(among other things).

 

[USAFRet]

given the current geopolitical environment is it wise to invest in CPUs and firmware made in China?
AMD cpu's are designed and made in china. Some motherboards are made in china.
BUT what choices do we have for USA made hardware and firmware?

Most parts are made in China.

Intel CPUs are generally made in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_manufacturing_sites


A general note to all and sundry....NO political ramblings will be allowed.

 

[jimnall2015]

surely the volume of cars made in the US gives 'economy of scale' for many chips. Emerging robotic device types will create more. hopefully intel isn't alone.

 

[hotaru.hino]

surely the volume of cars made in the US gives 'economy of scale' for many chips. Emerging robotic device types will create more. hopefully intel isn't alone.

The problem with semiconductor fabs, especially if you want to be on the bleeding edge, is they take billions of dollars to build and years before they're able to push out their first commercially viable chip in quantity. It's not a matter of having the technology, it's a matter that the technology has extremely harsh requirements to operate.

Also according to https://www.worldometers.info/cars/ , while the US is still within the top 5 car producers in the world, 4th place produces almost 45% more.