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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by paxys on Monday August 02, 2021 @05:51PM (#28043152)
Where in America are these magical semiconductors being made?
Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by adventured on Monday August 02, 2021 @09:02PM (#28044623)
> Where in America are these magical semiconductors being made?

You're unaware that the US is one of the world's leading manufacturers of semiconductors?

For 2019 the US exported $44 billion worth of semiconductors. The third largest export for the US, behind airplanes ($130 billion) and oil ($152 billion for all oil products).

There are only a few major semiconductor manufacturing nations and the US is among them.

Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by theptip on Monday August 02, 2021 @06:26PM (#28043466)
I took this to be a reference to the original Silicon Valley semiconductor companies. Fairchild etc.
Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by outworlder on Monday August 02, 2021 @06:00PM (#28043249)
They are referencing Moore's law. Some of them are made in the US, some are not (not today, at least).