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In reply to the discussion: Apple will spend $1 billion for 3,000-employee campus in Raleigh [View all]targetpractice
(4,919 posts)7. Building factories in the US is not feasible...
... Not just because wages are higher... But, most practically... The ENTIRE supply chain for third party components in Apple products is in Asia (e.g., screens, chips, etc.) There is no way that Apple could replicate the supply chain in the US... At least not in the near future.
The US gave up semi-conductor manufacturing to Asia many years ago. Not a good move, but that's what happened.
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Apple will spend $1 billion for 3,000-employee campus in Raleigh [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
Apr 2021
OP
bailing the state that built u. so long and dont let the door hit u in the rump.
AllaN01Bear
Apr 2021
#1
Um, are you aware of the size of the new Silicon Valley campus Apple has built?
brooklynite
Apr 2021
#32
a while back i bought a dell. ( big mistake) 4 hard drive crashes and no tec suppourt
AllaN01Bear
Apr 2021
#22
One hopes that NC residents weigh in and keep us abreast of how things are going in NC these days.
mahatmakanejeeves
Apr 2021
#16
Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, is gay and has been promoting LGBT and women's rights for years.
Elwood P Dowd
Apr 2021
#19