12/21/2010 3:14:00 PM

TIME: Save our semiconductors

TIME

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Nestled in a red-pine forest 25 miles (40 km) north of Albany, N.Y., close to where Wernher von Braun experimented with rocket fuels, a new $5.5 billion computer-chip-fabrication plant—deploying physics far more sophisticated than that used in rockets—is being built. The fab will be a critical locomotive for the local economy. It is also good news for the U.S. semiconductor industry, which is the primary fount of the economy's productivity gains--and all the gadgetry we consider critical to modern life. Full Article