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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:	The Digital way of working

Moderator:	QUARK::LIONELON

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5321
Total number of notes:	139771

4043.0. "Hey! Didn't we just build a new fab?" by ATLANT::SCHMIDT (See http://atlant2.zko.dec.com/) Tue Aug 15 1995 11:55

  One of the Sunday papers that I read (either the "Nashua
  Telegraph" or "The Boston Globe") carried a story that I
  believe originated from the AP.

  The story described the vast expense of building new semi-
  conductor fabs and contained a map showing where major
  fab investments had been made and by whom.  The map showed
  a variety of vendors including at least:

    o Intel
    o AMD?
    o LSI Logic
    o IBM/Toshiba
    o Motorola (twice)


  FAB-6 and Digital/DEC was not shown.

                                   Atlant

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
4043.1	My take...	LACV01::CORSON	Higher, and a bit more to the right	`Tue Aug 15 1995 12:25`	8
	Atlant - You're right. AP it was. Also in Sunday Trib in Chicago (Motorola's home town). We are not considered a semiconductor maker by the media is probably the only answer. the Greyhawk
4043.2		NETCAD::BRANAM	Steve, Hub Products Engineering, LKG2-2, DTN 226-6043	`Tue Aug 15 1995 12:54`	7
	Texas Instruments, where Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit, is also not listed, so I wouldn't consider this an authoritative list. TI just had their most profitable year in their entire history according to their Web page, primarily due to semiconductors (in the 80's, the SC division nearly drove them into the ground and government electronics kept the company alive; I know, I was there!). TI is a major worldwide semiconductor supplier, although I don't think they are big in microprocessors compared to the ones listed.
4043.3		YIELD::HARRIS		`Tue Aug 15 1995 21:41`	5
	It could be that we started building a FAB with a cost around $400M three years ago and these other guys are currently building FABs that will cost over $1B. -Bruce
4043.4		POLAR::MOKHTAR		`Wed Aug 16 1995 02:16`	6
	They only show a limited list, probably reflecting the largest chip makers. We are definetly not among the 5 biggest semiconductor vendors.