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More than a year after President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, the Commerce Department is pushing to get billions of dollars in semiconductor manufacturing and research incentives out the door. But the government is set to run out of money Nov. 17, and a potential shutdown — which could slow down…

The world's advanced chips flow from one Taiwanese manufacturer. The U.S. wants to grow its own domestic business.

Another FOI sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which has been directed to create a “Manufacturing USA institute focused on developing advanced testing, assembly, and packaging capabilities for semiconductors,” came back with nothing either. Effectively, NIST is one of the quarterbacks that’s overseeing the efforts between the public and private sector to build up America’s semiconductor manufacturing capabilities. If there were discussions about subsidies for In...

by Fourth-quarter sales were 8.3% higher than 2019 Q4, 3.5% more than 2020 Q3 WASHINGTON—Feb. 1, 2021—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced the global semiconductor industry sales were $439.0 billion in 2020, an increase of 6.5% compared to the 2019 total of $412.3 billion. Global sales for the month of December 2020 were $39.2 billion, an increase of 8.3% compared to the December 2019 total and 2.0% less than the total from November 2020. Fourth-quarter sales of $11...

Semiconductor Industry Applauds NDAA Enactment, Urges Full Funding for Semiconductor Manufacturing and Research Provisions News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Jan. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today applauded Congress for enacting the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), legislation that includes Title XCIX, "Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America," which authorizes federal incentives to prom...