Intel’s chip recovery plan could restore US manufacturing prowess
Stephen Shankland | CNET.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Technology The chipmaker's come-from-behind strategy is risky and will take years, even with government subsidies. I am sweltering inside an Intel chip factory outside Phoenix, bundled head-to-toe in a Gore-Tex suit to keep me from contaminating billions of dollars' worth of the world's most delicate fabrication equipment. As plastic pods of silicon wafers whiz from station to station along roof-mounted transit lines, there's nothing about the room that feels outdated. Still, I think to myself: I'm looking at either the past or the future of American manufacturing. That's because Intel is at…