There are many countries that can manufacture chips, such as:
The United States (Qualcomm), Singapore (Avago), China (Mediatek, TSMC), South Korea (Samsung), Japan (Toshiba) and other countries can manufacture chips.
But making chips and designing them are two very different things. Our country's TSMC MediateK is foundry, that is, Foundry. We use other people's technology and materials to provide manpower and venues, and there are no high technical barriers, so we will be stuck.
Chips can be produced in many countries, such as the United States, Japan, South Korea, China and so on.