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Re:Apple will soon receive 'made in America' chips from TSMC... by SSilver2k2 on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @01:08PM (#42701259)
I'm making an educated guess but probably the cutting of chips from the wafers, placing them into the appropriate ceramic socket types (DIP, BFGA, SMD etc), soldering the line wires from chip to pin, encasing the chip, etc.
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Re:Apple will soon receive 'made in America' chips from TSMC... by a1o on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @01:25PM (#42701525)
> DIP

I am happily imagining opening a recent Apple device and seeing 74 gates with through holes in green PCBs, with an Apple logo made in soldering lead marking in the corner of the board.

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