There are. Three in the Northeast I've personally been in. Two of the three are almost 100% automated- it only takes 20-30 people to oversee a 500k sq. ft. factory floor, and they're all six-figure salary types.
But... none of them are cutting edge 14/12/10nm process. I think GlobalFoundries got 16nm online right before the coof and had layoffs. So they're not producing latest-gen processors; they're geared more toward microcontrollers, memory, and comm chips.
There are. Three in the Northeast I've personally been in. Two of the three are almost 100% automated- it only takes 20-30 people to oversee a 500k sq. ft. factory floor, and they're all six-figure salary types.
But... none of them are cutting edge 14/12/10nm process. I think GlobalFoundries got 16nm online right before the coof and had layoffs. So they're not producing latest-gen processors; they're geared more toward microcontrollers, memory, and comm chips.