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Re:Ask HN: Non-Chinese Laptops? by solardev on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @08:40PM (#40448928)
Are they just assembled in Japan from Chinese-manufactured chips? Do Intel, AMD, etc. even manufacture outside of China anymore?
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Re:Ask HN: Non-Chinese Laptops? by krasin on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @09:06PM (#40449157)
Intel factories are around the world (US, Europe, Israel, Malaysia), but none in China. See ([1]).

AMD uses TSMC (Taiwan) and GlobalFoundries (USA, Europe, Singapore [2]).

So, answering your narrow question: yes, these chips are manufactured outside of China.

But the answer to your wider question is more complex: supply chain is so globalized that there will always be some components or subassemblies manufactured in China in any laptop, unless it's a state-sponsored multi-year effort to not have any.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_manufacturing_si...

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlobalFoundries

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Re:Ask HN: Non-Chinese Laptops? by solardev on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @09:33PM (#40449339)
Thank you for this info! I didn't know that, and am glad to have learned.
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