{"id":201842,"date":"2021-03-14T17:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/3-ways-the-global-semiconductor-shortage-is-hitting-the-us-hard\/"},"modified":"2021-03-14T17:00:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T14:00:33","slug":"3-ways-the-global-semiconductor-shortage-is-hitting-the-us-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/3-ways-the-global-semiconductor-shortage-is-hitting-the-us-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"#3 ways the global semiconductor shortage is hitting the US hard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b6907896b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b6907896b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/3-ways-the-global-semiconductor-shortage-is-hitting-the-us-hard\/#Lower_capability\" >Lower capability<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/3-ways-the-global-semiconductor-shortage-is-hitting-the-us-hard\/#High_global_demand\" >High global demand<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/3-ways-the-global-semiconductor-shortage-is-hitting-the-us-hard\/#Limited_federal_investment\" >Limited federal investment<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#3 ways the global semiconductor shortage is hitting the US hard<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                            President Joe Biden\u2019s executive order calling for a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/02\/24\/executive-order-on-americas-supply-chains\/\">review of supply chains<\/a> for critical products put a spotlight on the decades-long decline in U.S. semiconductor manufacturing capacity. Semiconductors are the logic and memory chips used in computers, phones, vehicles, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>liances. The U.S. share of global semiconductor fabrication is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.semiconductors.org\/turning-the-tide-for-semiconductor-manufacturing-in-the-u-s\/\">only 12%, down from 37% in 1990<\/a>, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.<\/p>\n<p>It might not seem important that 88% of the semiconductor chips used by U.S. industries, including the automotive and defense industries, are fabricated outside the U.S. However, three issues make where they are made critical to the U.S. as the global leader in electronics: lower capability, high global demand, and limited investment.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lower_capability\"><\/span>Lower capability<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The increasing reliance by U.S. chip companies on international partners to fabricate the chips they design reflects the United States\u2019 diminished capability. U.S. semiconductor companies have 47% of the global chip sales market, but only 12% are manufactured in the U.S. Meeting expectations for ever faster and smarter electronics requires chip design innovation, which, in turn, is dependent on the most advanced fabrication technologies available.<\/p>\n<p>Advances in semiconductor fabrication are based on the number of transistors, the smallest of a chip\u2019s electronic components, per square millimeter. The most advanced semiconductor fabrication technologies and facilities, known as fabs, are labeled as 5 nanometers, or millionths of a millimeter. The number refers to the process rather than any particular chip feature. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a>ly, the smaller the nanometer rating, the more transistors per square millimeter, though it\u2019s a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techcenturion.com\/7nm-10nm-14nm-fabrication\">complicated picture with many variables<\/a>. The highest transistor densities are about 100 million per square millimeter.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan and Samsung in South Korea are developing 3-nanometer fabs while the U.S. does not yet have a 7-nanometer fab. Intel has announced that its 7-nanometer fab <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/intel-sorry-but-our-7nm-chips-will-be-delayed-to-2022-2023\">won\u2019t be ready for production<\/a> until late 2022 or early 2023. This leaves the U.S. without the means to make the most advanced chips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>[Read:\u00a0<\/i><span class=\"s1\"><i>How do you build a pet-friendly gadget? We asked experts and animal owners<\/i><\/span><i>]<\/i><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"High_global_demand\"><\/span>High global demand<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With the pandemic, demand for cell phones, laptops, and other <span style=\"background-color: rgba(46, 146, 255, 0.2);\">work-at-home<\/span> devices and increased use of the internet have put pressure on fabs to increase the number of chips they are delivering for these products. The global automotive industry predicted that demand for cars would fall during the pandemic, so it reduced its orders for semiconductor chips used in vehicle safety, control, emissions, and driver information systems. The auto industry has restarted production but is now <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2021\/03\/01\/semiconductor-shortage-halts-auto-factories\/\">faced with a shortage of semiconductor chips<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, eight state governors asked Biden to redouble efforts \u201cto urge wafer and semiconductor companies to expand production capacity and\/or temporarily reallocate a modest portion of their current production to auto-grade wafer production.\u201d This \u201cmodest\u201d reallocation cannot be done without causing shortages elsewhere. And it cannot be done quickly. For example, Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC has reported a six-month lead time from placing an order to delivery, and producing a chip is estimated to take up to three months.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"align-center zoomable\">\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/388374\/original\/file-20210308-18-rtg9tv.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=1000&amp;fit=clip\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\" alt=\"a worker wearing a facemask and finger gloves holds a semiconductor chip\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\" lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/388374\/original\/file-20210308-18-rtg9tv.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" data-lazy=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/388374\/original\/file-20210308-18-rtg9tv.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=400&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/388374\/original\/file-20210308-18-rtg9tv.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=400&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/388374\/original\/file-20210308-18-rtg9tv.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=400&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/388374\/original\/file-20210308-18-rtg9tv.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/388374\/original\/file-20210308-18-rtg9tv.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/388374\/original\/file-20210308-18-rtg9tv.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=503&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 2262w\"\/><\/a><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/tech\/2021\/03\/14\/global-semiconductor-shortage-hitting-the-us-syndication\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Ftech%2F2021%2F03%2F14%2Fglobal-semiconductor-shortage-hitting-the-us-syndication%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: A worker in a Chinese research laboratory holds a chip used in automobile radar systems. Liu Yucai\/Visual China Group via Getty Images\" data-title=\"Share A worker in a Chinese research laboratory holds a chip used in automobile radar systems. Liu Yucai\/Visual China Group via Getty Images on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share A worker in a Chinese research laboratory holds a chip used in automobile radar systems. Liu Yucai\/Visual China Group via Getty Images on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>A worker in a Chinese research laboratory holds a chip used in automobile radar systems. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/resercher-presents-a-newly-developed-77ghz-millimeter-wave-news-photo\/1303955123\">Liu Yucai\/Visual China Group via Getty Images<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Limited_federal_investment\"><\/span>Limited federal investment<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The governments of Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, and China each invest tens of billions of dollars each year in their semiconductor industries, and\u00a0it shows. These investments include not just the facilities themselves but also the R&amp;D and tool development necessary to move to the next generation of fabs. Such incentives in the U.S. remain minimal.<\/p>\n<p>TSMC plans to invest US$25-28 billion this year in fabs alone and has promised to invest $12 billion for a fab in Arizona. To put this in perspective, the Arizona TSMC fab is expected to start processing 20,000 wafers a month, compared with the 1,000,000 wafers in existing TSMC facilities in Taiwan and China.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s executive order about supply chains is an important step in determining the investments needed to improve the prospects for the U.S. semiconductor industry.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. 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