As I recall, there is microelectronics
fab work in Taiwan, South Korea,
and, in the US, at IBM and Intel,
at least. And maybe China and
Russia are trying to get caught up
in fabs.<p>I wonder: What organization, really,
is mostly responsible for the newer
fabs? I mean, do each of Samsung, Intel,
IBM, etc. do everything on their own?
Or is there a main company, maybe
Applied Materials, with some help
from, say, some small company for
UV sources, some optics
from, maybe, Nikon, some mechanical
pieces, etc., that does the real work
for all the fabs?<p>7 nm -- what speed and power increases
will that bring over
14 nm, 22 nm or whatever
is being manufactured now, etc.?<p>Long live Moore's law! It ain't
over until the fat lady sings,
and I don't hear any fat lady yet!