US lean on TSMC and Samsung for Chip Security: Eric Schmidt

According to the latest report, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt wrote in an opinion piece published on Monday that for national security concerns, the United States should do more to attract overseas chips manufacturers to build factories locally.

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Schmidt pointed out that China is accelerating investment in chip manufacturing technology and capacity. He urged the United States to reduce its dependence on Taiwan and South Korea for the most advanced semiconductors and increase its own manufacturing capabilities. Schmidt believes that the United States should encourage chip foundry giants TSMC and Samsung Electronics to cooperate with American chip design companies to build more factories in the United States.

International relations scholars Graham Allison and Schmidt published an article calling for the United States to reduce its reliance on foreign chip manufacturing, arguing that this would jeopardize U.S. national security. In their paper, they set out policy recommendations to improve the competitiveness of U.S. chip manufacturing.

“If China develops a lasting advantage in the semiconductor supply chain, it will achieve breakthroughs in fundamental technology that the United States cannot match,” the article said. “The United States cannot spend money to get out of this predicament.”

Currently, both TSMC and Samsung are building chip factories in the U.S., but in Schmidt and Allison’s view, the U.S. needs to do more to ensure America’s long-term prosperity.

Previously, the U.S. government proposed a $52 billion chip support plan, which is still under review by U.S. lawmakers. Beyond that, Schmidt and Allison argue, the U.S. should leverage its R&D advantage by making less advanced but more widely used slower chips through the likes of Intel and GlobalFoundries, and redouble efforts to get TSMC and Samsung builds a factory in the United States.

“The United States is about to lose this chip competition.” The article said. They urged the U.S. government to mobilize a national effort similar to the one the United States launched during World War II. At the time, the technology they worked hard to develop helped the United States win World War II.

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