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The spread of electronics production to Asia in the period 1960–1980 was a very important factor in East Asia becoming a major production hub in the PC industry. There were two reasons for this. First, East Asia developed the capabilities that would make it the logical place for PC companies to set up production, source components, and establish OEM relationships.

These capabilities included large pools of experienced electronics engineers and other professionals, as well as production workers. There was also an established supply base of local companies able to produce everything from electronics components to plastic and metal parts.

Second, while the heroes of the U.S. PC industry were twenty-something hotshots who designed the hardware and software and were featured on magazine covers, most of the people in charge of manufacturing were veterans of the electronics industry who knew how to build and run factories.

Many of them had spent time in Asia working for companies like Fairchild, Texas Instruments, General Instruments, and IBM, and they were familiar with the capabilities of the Asian companies and workers. This familiarity led U.S. companies to look across the Pacific, rather than to other parts of the world, as they globalized production in the PC era.

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