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Silicon Valley started outsourcing manufacturing to Hong Kong in the mid-1960s well before the semiconductor explosion.
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The operative word being started. I was there in the late 80's when regulations turned a small trend into a flood.
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Taiwan and Japan were the first offshore destinations. Used to by Taiwanese motherboards in LA in 83 to build cheap systems.
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SCI moved mostly offshore in the 90's and sold to Sanmina in 2005. The just closed another facility in San Jose..
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Palo Alto is doing everything possible to run the old Varian out of town now, will move a $400m in revenue away.
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I tried to buy a company in SJ last year with all the right certifications for electronics MFG but the state was against it.
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That company is now gone, taking 13 skilled labor jobs with it, mostly older asian women.
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