Should The US Government Invest In Fab?
September 28, 2020
The semiconductor industry has always been good at extracting money from governments but the current efforts underway in the US to encourage government spending look a trifle flaky.
The SIA held a webinar earlier in the week which resurrected the arguments of yesteryear – e.g. foreign governments spending much more than the US government, cheaper labour in foreign countries, need for a level playing field etc etc.
It missed the key problems: Who in the US can fill a fab? Which US chip companies want US fab? Is the IDM model dead? Could companies share a fab? If so, is there any point building a fab operating on the foundry business model to compete with the giga-fabs of Samsung and TSMC?
To read the full article, click here
Related Semiconductor IP
- GF L40LP 40nm IoT PLL - 30MHz-375MHz
- GF L55LP 55nm IoT PLL - 30MHz-400MHz
- GF L55LPE 55nm IoT PLL - 30MHz-300MHz
- GF L65LP 65nm IoT PLL - 30MHz-400MHz
- GF L65LPE 65nm IoT PLL - 30MHz-300MHz
Related Blogs
- Addressing Challenges with FPGAs in Space Using the GR716B Microcontroller
- Why Should Government And The Industry Help Intel?
- US pressures TSMC not to fab Huawei ICs
- TSMC "actively" mulling US fab
Latest Blogs
- Cycuity Partners with SiFive and BAE Systems to Strengthen Microelectronics Design Supply Chain Security
- Cadence Unveils the Industry’s First eUSB2V2 IP Solutions
- Half of the Compute Shipped to Top Hyperscalers in 2025 will be Arm-based
- Industry's First Verification IP for Display Port Automotive Extensions (DP AE)
- IMG DXT GPU: A Game-Changer for Gaming Smartphones