U.S. govt wants to onshore 20% of leading-edge chip production by 2030

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So far, the government has received over 600 statements of interest for funding under the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act from big and small companies, and right now, it is in the process of distributing funding in a bid to revitalize the American semiconductor industry. Gina Raimondo, the U.S. Commerce Secretary, admitted that some companies are more likely to receive funding than others as one of the goals of the CHIPS and Science Act is to onshore 20% of leading-edge chips production by 2030.

"We think our investments in leading-edge logic chip manufacturing will put this country on track to produce roughly 20% of the world's leading-edge logic chips by the end of the decade," said Raimondo at a news conference dedicated to the CHIPS Act Implementation. "That is a big deal. Why is that a big deal? Because folks, today, we are at zero. […] So, a year ago, before we saw the applications, I did not know exactly what we could do. […] Today, I am confidently standing before you to say by the end of the decade, we are going to go from zero to 20% of leading-edge [chips] built in the United States of America."

"Last year, I said the goal, when we are all said and done with this CHIPS initiative, is to have at least two new large-scale clusters of leading-edge logic fabs," said the Commerce Secretary. "Each of those clusters employs thousands of workers. I am pleased to tell you that today, we expect to exceed that target."

"By the end of this decade, by 2030, the United States of America will be the only country in the world where new chip architectures can be invented in our new research labs, including those funded by the NSTC," said Raimondo. "There will [chips] be designed in the United States for every end-use application you can think of and manufactured at scale in the United States by well-paid American workers and packaged with the most advanced technology in the world."

"Engineering schools all over the country will be pumping out more engineers and technicians trained specifically for the chips industry," said the Commerce Secretary. "We are going to make building hardware sexy again."

Anton Shilov
Contributing Writer

Anton Shilov is a contributing writer at Tom’s Hardware. Over the past couple of decades, he has covered everything from CPUs and GPUs to supercomputers and from modern process technologies and latest fab tools to high-tech industry trends.

  • MatheusNRei
    " "By the end of this decade, by 2030, the United States of America will be the only country in the world where new chip architectures can be invented in our new research labs, including those funded by the NSTC," said Raimondo. "

    How exactly do they intend to achieve that?
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  • 35below0
    MatheusNRei said:
    " "By the end of this decade, by 2030, the United States of America will be the only country in the world where new chip architectures can be invented in our new research labs, including those funded by the NSTC," said Raimondo. "

    How exactly do they intend to achieve that?
    ...invade Taiwan?
    Reply
  • The TrippyHippie
    35below0 said:
    ...invade Taiwan?
    Lol.
    Reply