Technology Quarterly | Microprocessors
China is slowly moving up the microprocessing value chain
Getting good at designing is easier than at manufacturing, however
THE FORTUNE PRECISION EQUIPMENT COMPANY makes chunks of metal. Hulking sheets of it are cut with millimetre accuracy using robot arms in room-sized enclosures bearing the brand of their German or Japanese manufacturers. The white spray of cooling lubricant makes the process look like an industrial-strength shower for some post-modern Cleopatra.
This article appeared in the Technology Quarterly section of the print edition under the headline “From bottom to top”
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