The United States wants the most advanced chips in the world to be produced on American soil by 2030. The country claims that by that year there will also be two large-scale clusters of advanced chip manufacturing facilities on US soil.
The ambitions of the US government were announced during a speech at Georgetown University. There, the US Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, discussed the Chips and Science Act that should strengthen the American chip sector.
Raimondo expects the United States to contain two large-scale clusters of advanced chip companies by 2030. These clusters will also include research companies and suppliers that will be able to ensure a robust supply chain and innovations. The minister also claims that by 2030 there will be ‘multiple’ packaging facilities in the US. In these facilities, the chips are processed into an end product.
No official information has yet been released about the future location of these clusters. It is also not clear which companies will have facilities there. The editors of Tom’s Hardware refer , among other things, to the American state of Ohio, where Intel has plans to eventually operate eight chip factories. At the beginning of 2022, the company started construction of two such factories.
In the summer of 2022, US President Joe Biden signed the so-called Chips and Science Act. Through this law, the US government wants to reduce American dependence on international chip manufacturers and products. The law should strengthen the US chip industry, create tens of thousands of new jobs and reduce dependence on Chinese chip manufacturers. This must be achieved by, among other things, releasing USD 52.7 billion in subsidies for the chip sector, which amounts to EUR 51.7 billion. The law that has already been passed also releases up to 23.5 billion euros in tax benefits for the construction of new chip factories. “The future of the chip industry will be made in the United States,” said President Biden after the drawing moment.
At the end of last year, the EU member states in turn reached an agreement on the European Chips Act. Through this law, the EU will invest up to 45 billion euros in its chip sector in order to reduce dependence on other regions. The law has been changed to provide subsidy for more types of chips. The EU and US would also work more closely to strengthen chip and semiconductor supply chains. The two regions will do this, among other things, by exchanging information about their state aid plans for the chip sector, in order to prevent subsidy races.
