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I did not know this, I have family in Tempe close by. Do you have any references I can pass along to them?
by psaux 2y ago
I did not know this, I have family in Tempe close by. Do you have any references I can pass along to them?
- wuj 2y agoHere is an article from Phoenix Business Journal: https://archive.ph/dYCAF https://archive.ph/dYCAF > With Taiwanese transplants moving to north Phoenix in droves, Arizona officials — and a local baker — are working behind the scenes to make them feel welcome
- gjkood 2y agoI believe the new term for Phoenix, AZ and other major cities in AZ is "Silicon Desert". You can see a map of the many companies in the high tech space in AZ at the following site. https://siliconmaps.com/silicon-desert/ https://siliconmaps.com/silicon-desert/
- davidgay 2y agoMajor semiconductor manufacturing in Arizona is not exactly new: Motorola had fabs there in the 70s (or earlier?), Intel's presence dates to 1980, etc. The article [1] below from 2001 says that Arizona was "3rd in chipmaking"... [1] https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA79561583&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=0038111X&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7Eadfe2077&aty=open-web-entry https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA79561583&sid=googleSc...
- zdw 2y agoBeing an AZ resident, this map is hilarious as it skips out the ~100 mile distance between Chandler and Tucson. Tucson is more well known for optics, but more focused on space science than on use in silicon fabs.