Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Boost Domestic Manufacture of Semiconductors

Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Boost Domestic Manufacture of Semiconductors
A silicon wafer is displayed during a technology event in San Jose, Calif, on March 23, 2011. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill that would strengthen U.S. semiconductor supply chains by incentivizing domestic manufacturing of this key technology and “stop China from winning the race to produce these chips.”

The bill, called the Facilitating American-Built Semiconductors (FABS) Act (pdf), seeks to push back against the trend that has seen the United States’s share of global semiconductor production fall from 37 percent in 1990 to just 12 percent today.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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