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Many of the [components in the Librem 5 and Librem 5 USA](Hardware/Librem-5-component-list) are made by global companies, so it is hard to know where they come from, but here are [reasonable guesses](https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-usa-edition/8063/91) where they were manufactured:
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* NXP i.MQ 8M Quad SoC: designed in the Austin, Texas offices of NXP (old Motorola->Freescale), and made in S. Korea (according to the label on the chip) [by Samsung](https://www.linleygroup.com/newsletters/newsletter_detail.php?num=5993&year=2019&tag=3), probably in [Giheung](https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/newsroom/news-events/samsung-qualifies-28nm-lp-process-technology-for-high-performance-mobile-applications/), but possibly in [other Korean locations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabrication_plants).
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* NXP i.MQ 8M Quad SoC: designed in the Austin, Texas offices of NXP (old Motorola->Freescale), and made in S. Korea (according to the [label](https://www.compulab.com/wp-content/gallery/ucm-imx8/UCM-iMX8_top.png) on the chip) [by Samsung](https://www.linleygroup.com/newsletters/newsletter_detail.php?num=5993&year=2019&tag=3), probably in [Giheung](https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/newsroom/news-events/samsung-qualifies-28nm-lp-process-technology-for-high-performance-mobile-applications/), but possibly in [other Korean locations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabrication_plants).
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* Broadmobi BM818 modem on M.2 card: probably designed [in Suzhou city, Jiangsu, China](http://www.broadmobi.com/en/about.php); contains a cellular baseband by Qualcomm that was probably designed in California.
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* Thales Cinteron PLS8 modem chip: fabbed [in Germany](https://puri.sm/products/librem-5-usa/) (probably by Global Foundries); designed by Gemalto (maybe in Taiwan or Austin, Texas); contains a cellular baseband by Qualcomm that was probably designed in California.
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* M.2 card with PLS8: assembled [in the US](https://puri.sm/products/librem-5-usa/), presumably by Purism in Carlsbad, California.
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