Stories Tagged as
Semiconductors
What does it take for chip manufacturers to get a new plant up and running?
Aug 23, 2022
Semiconductor makers seek locations with plenty of space, water, electricity and workers. First, they need megabucks for construction.
Taiwan has leverage in U.S.-China standoff: semiconductors
by
Matt Levin
Aug 1, 2022
Decades of investment and training in tech have helped Taiwan build a so-called silicon shield.
China could soon surpass U.S. in crucial emerging technologies, report warns
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
and Rose Conlon
Dec 14, 2021
"This has big implications," says Harvard's Graham Allison, one of the report's authors.
Are we headed toward a wage-price inflation cycle in 2022?
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
and Daniel Shin
Nov 26, 2021
Economist Betsey Stevenson weighs in on fixing the supply-and-demand imbalance for semiconductors and other goods to quell inflation.
What this Dutch semiconductor company could tell you about the car market
Aug 2, 2021
NXP is one of the top suppliers of computer chips to automakers.
Lagging care economy "makes us uncompetitive," Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Andie Corban
Jul 15, 2021
Raimondo discusses the infrastructure packages moving through Congress and the semiconductor chip shortage.
From semiconductors to containers, “every day, it’s a different problem” on the supply chain
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 2, 2021
A conversation with the CEO of an importer caught in the crosshairs of global business disruption.
For public good, not for profit.
Shortage of semiconductors is a security risk, and what the U.S. can do about it
Apr 21, 2021
Semiconductors are in almost everything, including military equipment, and we don’t have enough of them.
Durable goods orders sidetracked by February storms and pandemic shortages
Mar 24, 2021
Despite disruptions caused by bad weather and limited semiconductor supplies, durable goods shipments are up 2% year-over-year.
Industrial policy: If China does it, why can't we?
Mar 1, 2021
China is generous to its favored companies, and that has, at times, threatened industries elsewhere in the world.