Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke...
by paxys on Monday August 02, 2021 @05:51PM
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Where in America are these magical semiconductors being made?
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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke...
by adventured on Monday August 02, 2021 @09:02PM
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> 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
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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
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They are referencing Moore's law. Some of them are made in the US, some are not (not today, at least).