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Showing posts with label semiconductors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label semiconductors. Show all posts
Thursday, July 23, 2026
Staff warned of major security risks from giving UAE new tech access. The White House went ahead anyway. - POLITICO
Commerce Department staffers recommended against loosening export restrictions on the Gulf ally in previously unreported warnings, arguing it could make it easier for China to get its hands on sensitive American technology...
Thursday, December 5, 2024
China bans exports of key microchip elements to US as trade tensions escalate
Gallium and germanium are used in semiconductors, while germanium is also used in infrared technology, fibre optic cables and solar cells. Antimony is used in bullets and other weaponry, while graphite is the largest component by volume of electric vehicle batteries...
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Biden administration finalizes $6.6B in chips grants for TSMC before Trump takes office
"Today's announcement is among the most critical milestones yet in the implementation of the bipartisan CHIPS & Science Act, and demonstrates how we are ensuring that the progress made to date will continue to unfold in the coming years, benefitting communities all across the country," Biden said in a statement.
The grant is expected to create $65 billion of private investment by TSMC in Arizona, Biden said, which will include three new facilities and the creation of tens of thousands of jobs by the end of the decade. The first of the company's new facilities is on track to open next year...
Friday, July 19, 2024
Chip stocks fall further after Trump’s remarks on Taiwan defence
Semiconductor and related tech shares hit hard by former US president's calls for Taipei to pay for US protection…
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Biden to Announce Multibillion-Dollar Grant for Intel to Expand Chip Production - The New York Times
The announcement in Phoenix, Ariz., is a major award from Mr. Biden's $39 billion CHIPS and Science Act, which is aimed at building up the U.S. semiconductor industry and reducing reliance on technology made in East Asia...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Opinion | Biden’s Big, and Risky, Semiconductor Push - The New York Times
Nonetheless, for the first time in memory, even many free-market conservatives seem to recognize that unfettered capitalism can lead to imperfect results…
Thursday, September 8, 2022
US bans ‘advanced tech’ firms from building facilities in China for a decade
US technology firms that receive government funding will be banned from building "advanced technology facilities" in China for a decade, the Biden administration has announced, as it outlined plans to increase domestic production of semiconductors..
Sunday, August 7, 2022
Opinion | Want to rebuild manufacturing? Have a conversation about immigration. - The Washington Post
"There's an essential need to build that pipeline domestically," Muro said. "But in the meantime, it's going to require stabilizing through importing workers who want to be here." And if Republicans don't agree to such immigration changes, "it could undercut the reshoring that they and others want to happen."…
Sunday, April 3, 2022
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt sounds alarm on China tech competition
…China has already become a peer of the U.S. and has a clear plan for how it wants to dominate critical fields, from semiconductors to AI, and clean energy to biotech. The U.S., meanwhile, has been slow to formulate a response and even slower to take action...
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Manufacturers have less than five days’ supply of some computer chips, Commerce Department says - The Washington Post
…About 75 percent of chip production today takes place in East Asia, and over 90 percent of the most advanced chips are manufactured in Taiwan — a particular vulnerability for the United States, given China's aggression toward the democratic island, U.S. officials have said.
Some lawmakers, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) have voiced opposition to the subsidies, saying the semiconductor industry is highly profitable and doesn't need federal aid…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/25/semiconductor-shortage-inventory-2022-chips/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/25/semiconductor-shortage-inventory-2022-chips/
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Lawmakers, industry call on Biden to fund semiconductor production amid shortage | TheHill
Okay, now let's all remember this the next time corporations, Republicans, and rich business leaders talk about how they were successful all on their own in the capitalist free market, and shouldn't have to pay taxes to support big government, or are opposed to welfare for struggling middle class workers because that would be socialism.
In a letter to Biden spearheaded by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the lawmakers asked that he work to fund initiatives for semiconductors created by the CHIPS for America Act, legislation included in the most recent National Defense Authorization Act, noting the need to compete with China.
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