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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Intel building $20B Ohio chip facility amid global shortage

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Intel will invest $20 billion in a new computer chip facility in Ohio amid a global shortage of microprocessors used in everything from phones and cars to video games.

The U.S. share of the worldwide chip manufacturing market has declined from 37% in 1990 to 12% today, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association, and shortages have become a potential risk.

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