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Andy Grove On Manufacturing, Scale and Jobs
Intel founder Andy Grove wrote an excellent piece busting some myths on innovation, job creation, emerging markets and the role of manufacturing in a developed economy.
Today, manufacturing employment in the U.S. computer industry is about 166,000 — lower than it was before the first personal computer, the MITS Altair 2800, was assembled in 1975. Meanwhile, a very effective computer-manufacturing industry has emerged in Asia, employing about 1.5 million workers — factory employees, engineers and managers.
