Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (26360)	2/24/2008 11:11:55 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

"And chip companies are able to keep their costs down because their supplies have a world wide market " Chip companies keep driving down costs because they keep reducing expenses largely through climbing up the learning curve and increasing yields.....as yields increase, they reduce chip size and increase wafer size and get more chips per wafer which is the driving force for Moore's Law .,.(no, it's not a real law)but it has been generally correct since the late 60's. International trade is simply absorbed in the total market and considered to be a normal part of the market. But digest this, technology and yield improvements would improve without international trade. Intel, for example, has about 85% of the world microprocessor market and has had that much for a long time.