Re:Ask HN: Non-Chinese Laptops?
by krasin on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @09:06PM
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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.
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