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I think the path to get us there (reshoring chips) would be extremely painful, but it certainly would be a better position for the United States to restore our
by stephen-mw 8y ago
I think the path to get us there (reshoring chips) would be extremely painful, but it certainly would be a better position for the United States to restore our ability to produce these critical components.
Also, just in time for this research to get off the ground:
>If it all works out, the effect could be to make small groups of engineers capable of feats that would take 100 engineers to achieve today.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/darpas-planning-a-major-remake-of-us-electronics-pay-attention https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/darpa...
- debacle 8y agoReshoring chips would be far less painful than other types of manufacturing. The tooling is complex but the supply chain is less so.
- throwaway2048 8y agofew companies build chips in china, the most important role it plays in most electronic's company supply lines is assembly/PCB work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabrication_plants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabricat... Note virtually all of the chinese plants in that list are nowhere near cutting edge process node sizes
- janekm 8y ago27% of IC packaging (turning the raw die into something that can be soldered to a PCB) happens in China with most of the remainder in other south-east Asian countries. https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/china-no-1-ic-package-test-2018-04/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/china-no-1-i...