SILICON, USA: THE COMPANIES THAT BUILD TECHNOLOGY IN AMERICA
PC Magazine|June 2021
Samsung
SILICON, USA: THE COMPANIES THAT BUILD TECHNOLOGY IN AMERICA

Factory location: Austin, TX

Products produced in US: 14nm-65nm chips

Samsung opened operations in Austin in 1997, and it now has several factories in its Austin complex. It employs about 10,000 people total, according to the Austin American-Statesman; about 3,000 are Samsung employees, and the rest are contractors.

ExtremeTech estimates that Samsung Austin produces about 5% of the world’s volume of 300mm wafers. Using 3D FinFET technology, the Austin foundry primarily focuses on 11nm/14nm and 28nm/32nm technologies, with customers and applications including SSD controllers, Tesla vehicle chipsets, and Qualcomm radio-frequency chips.

The company recently submitted papers to the Texas government asking for tax incentives to build a new $17 billion chip factory, which will employ 1,800 more people with an average starting salary of around $66,000.

Corning

Factory locations: Harrodsburg, KY, among others

Products produced in US: Gorilla Glass, optical fiber and cable, Valor Glass, labware products, ceramic substrates for automotive Corning is a 170-year-old firm based in upstate New York that has always been at the leading edge of glass and ceramic technologies. US customers, for Corning, means US manufacturing: “Corning strategically locates our facilities closest to our customers to facilitate efficient supply for their immediate manufacturing needs and provide us access to global markets,” the company said.

This story is from the June 2021 edition of PC Magazine.

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