Around 12% of all microchips manufactured globally are made in the United States. Despite that, 48% of the microchip market share belongs to the United States. How is that the case? It could partially be because manufacturing plants in other countries can be owned by companies from the United States. 56% of the microchip manufacturing capacity of American companies is offshore, meaning they’re produced in other countries. For instance, Micron Technology, which is headquartered in Idaho, has a number of plants based outside of the United States, spread across China, Taiwan, Japan, and Singapore.
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