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I can't disagree more. The US semiconductor industry is more vibrant than ever.

Intel reported record quarter every quarter for the last 2-3 years.

Fabless semiconductors are doing better than ever - nVidia, AMD, Apple, Qualcomm, Google TPU etc.

Most of the high performance ARM SoCs come from Apple and Qualcomm, both American companies.



>Intel reported record quarter every quarter for the last 2-3 years.

Due to high demand on people needing 30%+ more processing power after they lost 30% perf due to Spectre/Meltdown. When they get the manufacturing and supply up to a resonable standard, they'll start building inventory and start selling cheaper chips again. Margin and ASP will decrease, and investors will sign out


Commodore reported 7-year record revenue/profit 4 years before going bankrupt. https://dfarq.homeip.net/commodore-financial-history-1978-19...




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