Re: EU Competition?
ST have a fab in Crolles which (at least back in the 65-30nm days) is/was state of the art (and was developing process technoogy alongside TSMC) ... however it was limited in size as to avoid French Government funding breaking "level playing field" rules it had to be able to be trreated as an "r&d fab" and not a production fab.
EU countries are not allowed to build their own industries if it distorts competition
Biting the hand that feeds IT
