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very many mistakes. That clearly
needed to change,” he said.
Newberry also witnessed the rise of
Japan as a semiconductor powerhouse,
noting by the late ‘80s, Japan had taken
over the number one semiconductor
supply position, as they took over the
DRAM industry. “In 1990, I went to
Japan and lived there with my family
for two years, which was one of the
really fun and amazing experiences in
the time that I spent in the industry,”
he said. “I learned a lot about how the
Japanese think and act and behave and
operate. And, as we saw, the Japanese
were extremely good at repetitive types
of manufacturing processes, where
tremendous attention to detail is necessary, to struggling when they tried
to break out into the logic arena. A lot
of ASICs and microprocessors, and the
design aspect of things resulted in a
need for a very different manufacturing
orientation. That didn’t fit very well
with some of the cultural strengths that
existed in Japan.
“When I came back in 1992, I felt
like the industry was going to make another evolution, and at the time, Taiwan
was trying to come up and TSMC
was trying to establish the foundry
industry. Korea was really starting to
come on,” he continued. “So I thought,
okay, we’re going to see a transition
out of Japan and we’re going to most
likely see leadership for various types
of semiconductors move to different
places around the world. Ultimately,
that’s what happened.”
Newberry said the industry has
come a long way from the early days.
“It’s world class, making some of the
hardest, most technically difficult
pieces of equipment anywhere in the
world, and doing it amazingly successfully. What the people in this industry
have accomplished is tremendous.”
SEMI Applauds Senate Support of Financial Incentives to
Grow U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing
B y JOE PASETTI, V i c e P r e s i d e n t o f G l o b a l P u b l i c P o l i c y a n d A d v o c a c y , S E M I
SEMI President and CEO Ajit Manocha
has voiced his support for amendments
the United States House of Representatives and Senate included in the
Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) that would
authorize important programs to
support semiconductor manufacturing
and research in the U.S.
“SEMI is very pleased the House and
Senate included in the NDAA provisions
to support semiconductor manufacturing
and research in the United States,”
Manocha said. “The U.S. has not kept
pace with the growth of semiconductor
manufacturing abroad. The U.S. share
of global semiconductor manufacturing
capacity has been cut in half to just 12
percent over the past 20 years and is
forecast to fall to 10 percent by 2023. We
applaud the sponsors for their support,
leadership and hard work to win House
and Senate approval to increase federal
government support for the industry.
However, this is just the start of what
needs to be done to reverse this 20year decline. The CHIPS for America
Act’s investment tax credit for new and
expanded semiconductor manufacturing
facilities is essential to provide a robust,
transparent and reliable federal incentive
that will be the foundation of renewed
growth of U.S. fabs.”
In addition to authorizing a new
grant program, the House and Senate
amendments would direct the Defense
Department to create programs with the
private sector to:
• Direct the Defense Department to
create programs with the private sector
to encourage the development of
advanced, measurably secure microelectronics,
• Establish a Multilateral Microelectronics Security Fund the U.S., its
allies and partners will use to reach
agreements promoting consistency
in their policies related to microelectronics,
• Direct the President to establish a sub-
committee on semiconductor technology and innovation within the National
Science and Technology Council, and
• Direct the Secretary of Commerce to
establish a national semiconductor
technology center and other important
new programs.
The House amendment would authorize an additional $1.2 billion for
semiconductor research. Both the
House and Senate are expected to
complete debate and pass the NDAA
bills this week.
SEMI members operate semiconductor supply chain facilities across the
U.S. Of the 25 states with at least one
major facility, 18 boast large semiconductor manufacturing fabs and other facilities while seven offer semiconductor
equipment and materials production.
Operating for decades, many of these
facilities are key pillars of local economies and underpin hundreds of small
businesses that supply components and
materials.
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