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Senate passes massive package to boost U.S. computer chip production
[....] The 64-33 vote represents a rare bipartisan victory a little more than three months before the crucial November midterms; 17 Republicans joined all Democrats in voting yes. The package, known as "CHIPS-plus," now heads to the House, which is expected to pass it by the end of the week and send it to President Joe Biden for his signature.
[....] The centerpiece of the package is more than $50 billion in subsidies for domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research.
Supporters on Capitol Hill, as well as key members of Biden's Cabinet, have argued that making microchips at home — rather than relying on chipmakers in China, Taiwan and elsewhere — is critical to U.S. national security, especially when it comes to chips used for weapons and military equipment.
[...] The final chips bill is a slimmed-down version of a much broader China competitiveness package that House and Senate lawmakers had been negotiating. Earlier, the Senate passed its bill, known as USICA, while the House passed its own version, the America COMPETES Act. But lawmakers couldn't resolve their differences, and leading Democrats decided to switch their strategy and scale back the legislation.
The package also includes tens of billions more in authorizations for science and research programs, as well as for regional technology hubs around the country.
If passed, will this be well spent? Will the US actually be globally competitive in chip manufacture?
(Score: 3, Informative) by JoeMerchant on Friday July 29 2022, @02:36PM (2 children)
https://builtin.com/hardware/american-made-semiconductor-costs [builtin.com]
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(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday July 29 2022, @07:00PM (1 child)
If the factories need more water, the people can simply use less water.
I can foresee a need for factories to need more robots. Especially semiconductor manufacturers. More robots will require more chips. Making more chips will require making more robots. You don't think reliable labor will come from water-consuming humans?
While Republicans can get over Trump's sexual assaults, affairs, and vulgarity; they cannot get over Obama being black.
(Score: 3, Informative) by JoeMerchant on Friday July 29 2022, @07:20PM
You think you're joking, this is exactly how tomatoes vs residents plays out in Sarasota County, Florida. Drought? Rationing! Alternate days car washing, lawn watering only between 5 and 7AM, flow restrictors in your showers, low-volume flush toilets in all new construction, hefty fines handed out to violators! Meanwhile, the tomato crop continues to receive 6 to 9" of flood and runoff irrigation per day, consuming more water annually than the 400,000 residents of the county - even before rationing was implemented.
Україна досі не є частиною Росії Слава Україні🌻 https://news.stanford.edu/2023/02/17/will-russia-ukraine-war-end