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U.S. Aims for 20% of World’s Leading Edge Semiconductor Production by 2030

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo believes investments in leading-edge logic chips manufacturing will put the U.S. on track to produce roughly 20 percent of the world’s leading-edge logic chips by the end of the decade.

Update: China May Win in AI Computing

Leveraging hybrid bonding as an alternative to dimensional scaling.

CHIPS and Science Act 2022: Restarting the Flywheel

I’m excited that the CHIPS and Science Act was passed, and how it’s encouraged the return of semiconductor manufacturing to the US. We’ll be doing our best to keep the momentum going.

The Chip Shortage Wake-up Call

Everyone is well aware by now of the critical role semiconductors play in our everyday lives. If that wasn’t brought home by the pandemic and our reliance on broadband internet and rapid advances in healthcare, it certainly was by the almost daily headlines of how chip shortages have impacted the automotive industry. Ford can’t make the F150!? That’s unacceptable! Even 60 Minutes ran a segment. There are no quick solutions…

Honoring Bill Tobey

I have some sad news to share. Industry pioneer and legend Aubrey “Bill” Tobey passed away on March 1st. He was a good friend and a great supporter of The ConFab event that we produced.

A Better Normal

Tom Caulfield, CEO of GlobalFoundries, speaking at the virtual Global Technology Conference 2020 China, outlined three megatrends that are essential to accelerating the world’s digital future.

It’s Time to Boost U.S. Manufacturing

There is a newfound interest in revitalizing semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S.

The Chip Wars Get Real

There was a lot of big news in the semiconductor industry during the last week as the U.S., China and Taiwan face off in a chip war over Huawei.

A Call for Ventilator Collaboration

It’s great to see how the electronics industry is responding to the global COVID19 pandemic. Intel, for example, said it will source and donate more than 1 million items of personal protective equipment – masks, gloves and other gear – to healthcare workers. NVIDIA is giving COVID-19 researchers free access to Parabricks for 90 days. The genome-sequencing software for GPUs accelerates the journey to understanding the novel coronavirus. Wright Williams…

Coronavirus Concerns

The impact so far on the semiconductor industry has fortunately been minor.

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