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• $52 billion for semiconductor giants — but will we get more chips?

  Posted on August 8, 2022 at 02:44 CDT by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

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  By Brian Livingston

  President Joe Biden recently signed a $52 billion subsidy program for the semiconductor industry, within an overall $280 billion package called the Chips and Science Act, but will we see an easing of today’s maddening chip shortages any time soon?

  The short answer is “no,” but the reasons might surprise you — and you shouldn’t assume we’ll get no bang for our bucks at all.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.32.0, 2022-08-08).

  Silicon Legislation, Newsletters, Policy, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Silicon

• What technology will run your life a few years from now?

  Posted on April 11, 2022 at 02:43 CDT by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

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  By Brian Livingston

  “My interest is in the future, because I’m going to spend the rest of my life there,” said Charles Kettering, the head of research at General Motors from 1920 to 1947.

  I’m sure his statement is true. Time travel into the future isn’t science fiction — we all do it every day at the usual speed. But what kind of a future will it be, and can we head off the worst aspects of it?

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.15.0, 2022-04-11).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  Silicon Intel, Newsletters, Samsung, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Silicon, TSMC