Chips act

13 May 23

U.S. Universities Are Building a New Semiconductor Workforce

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The CHIPS and Science Act, aimed at kick-starting chip manufacturing in the United States, only began taking requests for pieces of its US $50 billion in March, but chipmakers were already gearing up beforehand. Memory and storage chipmaker Micron announced as much as $100 billion for a new plant in…

28 Mar 23

How and When the Chip Shortage Will End, in 4 Charts

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Metallurgy & Material Science

One looming artifact of the pandemic that remains in 2023—the global chip shortage—has gratefully begun to recede. Unlike the state of things in mid-2021—when crimps in the semiconductor supply chain cropped up in big ways—supply and demand have become much less of a mismatch. As IEEE Spectrum reported in the…

08 Mar 23

How the EU Chips Act Could Build “Innovation Capacity” in Europe

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Metallurgy & Material Science

The European Commission wants Europe to boost its share of global semiconductor production to 20 percent by 2030, from 10 percent today. To that end, it is forwarding plans for more than €43 billion in public and private investment through a European Chips Act. To accomplish that increase in chip…

01 Mar 23

United States Kicks Off CHIPS Act Funding

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Metallurgy & Material Science

On Tuesday, the U.S. government started accepting the first round of applications for the billions of dollars of funding and incentives available to companies looking to start or expand facilities through the CHIPS and Science Act. According to the CHIPS Program Office, the government’s money will lead to at least…

31 Dec 22

Future Transistors, Plastic Processors, and 3D Chips

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Metallurgy & Material Science

“Those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it.” With the phenomenal success of the transistor’s first 75 years, it feels like maybe we should both know and repeat. That seems to have been the reaction you (dear devoted IEEE Spectrum reader) took with your semiconductor article…

U.S. Universities Are Building a New Semiconductor Workforce

How and When the Chip Shortage Will End, in 4 Charts

How the EU Chips Act Could Build “Innovation Capacity” in Europe

United States Kicks Off CHIPS Act Funding

Future Transistors, Plastic Processors, and 3D Chips

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