Kai Ryssdal does an “exit interview” with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
China is said to be a key target of rules motivated by national security. The tech industry calls it overreach.
The Biden administration’s probe into trade practices would open the door to tariffs on Chinese chips and the products that use them.
This week, the White House added to the list of Chinese companies blocked from receiving certain American chip technology.
The company is known for making a chip called a central processing unit, often referred to as the brain of a computer.
Months after completing a semiconductor technician training course, two workers share their stories.
For now, it’s boosting other parts of the economy — chipmakers and contractors that build data centers, for example.
The federal government is spending billions to support semiconductor manufacturing. But trainees seeking chipmaking jobs may have to wait.
An influx of federal investment in the Arizona metropolis is meant to energize the nation’s tech industry and accelerate job creation. Will it work?
This week, the Biden administration said it’s awarding $1.5 billion to chipmaker GlobalFoundries to expand its manufacturing here, in the largest grant under the CHIPS Act so far.
