...
programme was introduced to address several key goals, namely, to secure a stable supply chain for both cutting-edge and legacy semiconductors, to reinforce US leadership in R&D, and to boost employment, as investment in the chip industry
was expected
to ... ...
TSMC
CEO C.C. Wei, the Arizona facility
began mass production
in the fourth quarter of 2024 using its N4 (4nm class) process technology, with performance comparable to its fabs in Taiwan. This marks the most advanced semiconductor production facility ...
... insurmountable in the long term. It is clear why the United States is so concerned about China’s rapid technology progress. Any claims to victory in the technological race are perceived in the United States as a threat to national security.
America’s New Technology Policy
Leonid Kovachich:
Battle for Semiconductors: Will There Be Winners?
The United States has long been involved in science and technology policy. In his report “Science, the endless frontier,” published in 1945, Science Advisor Vannevar Bush advised President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...
...
developed
its own fourth-generation
3D NAND
chip, consisting of 232 layers. Apple was even going to make
YMTC
the exclusive supplier of memory chips for the
iPhone
.
War of technologies
All these factors forced the U.S. to take a new look at the technology standoff, given that China’s progress in semiconductors has since been tied directly to U.S. national interests. In its technology policy, Washington began to focus on two fronts simultaneously: first, restricting China’s access to advanced technologies as much as possible, and second, stepping ...
