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by zaphod12 730 days ago
semiconductor manufacturing is highly skilled - ie the folks over seas were already well paid. It was a lot more about approvals, permissions, etc, than wages with this manufacturing area. It shouldn't have a huge impact.
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Although, in the US semiconductor companies have to compete for technical people against companies doing the apparently really economically productive stuff—coming up with ad algorithms and playing Wallstreet shell games.