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Re:Apple, ARM, and Intel by mardifoufs on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @02:02PM (#23542088)
Sorry, yes south korea has an amazing industry. Japan too even if it's not the leader it used to be. but even then, last gen chip design is overwhelmingly coming from the US. Apple, AMD, Qualcomm and Intel have the most performant designs by far, so the moat is still definitely present. Taiwan and SK are arguably better in manufacturing the chips right now though I agree.
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Re:Apple, ARM, and Intel by chrisjc on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @03:32PM (#23543113)
I remember that Fujitsu fabricated the SPARC processor, but what other semiconductors is Japan known for?
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Re:Apple, ARM, and Intel by andromeduck on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @08:52PM (#23546375)
Pezy SC was kicking around top500 for a while, Sony domminates imaging sensors, likewise for sending niche medical and electrical stuff.
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Re:Apple, ARM, and Intel by fomine3 on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @09:12PM (#23546520)
Kioxia (formerly Toshiba Memory) is large semiconductor for NAND chips, its fabs are in Japan.
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