Blog: 04/22/15

House Science Committee Considers Legislation to Authorize Funding for Research

The House Science Committee today will consider legislation to authorize federal funding for key research and technology programs. The America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 1806) would allow for

Blog: 05/20/15

SIA Supports Efforts to Modernize U.S. Chemicals Law

for the global semiconductor supply chain and products distributed in interstate commerce. The pending bills do not completely fix this problem, but the bills represent a positive step forward in…

Blog: 05/04/16

Beyond Borders: The Evolution and Importance of the Global Semiconductor Value Chain

…of the semiconductor value chain is explained in part by the extreme complexity and competitive nature of the industry itself. Nonstop, consumer-driven demand for more and better capabilities, features, reliability,…

Blog: 01/06/17

SIA Welcomes White House Report on Sustaining U.S. Semiconductor Leadership

…significant challenges it faces, including the rising cost and complexity of innovation and challenges from competitors abroad, most notably ambitious Chinese industrial policy. The success of the American semiconductor industry…

Blog: 09/26/23

SIA Urges Congress to Resolve Double Taxation Between U.S. and Taiwan

…trading partner for U.S. semiconductor companies. To enhance the competitiveness of semiconductor companies in both the U.S. and Taiwan and support the significant investment in the semiconductor industry in the…

Blog: 07/09/24

Global Semiconductor Industry Announces Phaseout of Intentional Uses of PFOA

The World Semiconductor Council (WSC) announced last month that it successfully completed the phase-out of intentional uses of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts, and PFOA-related compounds in photolithography or etch…

Blog: 06/28/16

Secretary Clinton’s Tech Platform Highlights Key Semiconductor Priorities

…of federal agencies like the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and DARPA; 2) Reforming America’s outdated high-skilled immigration system; 3) Rebuilding U.S. leadership in high-performance computing; 4) Continuing…

Event

Webinar
How Semiconductors Enable 5G, a Driver of U.S. Economic Growth

Date: Thursday, July 8, 2021 Time: 2-3 pm EDT One exciting technology that semiconductors are enabling is the 5th generation mobile network, known colloquially as 5G. What makes 5G such…

SIA Event: Building the Semiconductor Workforce of the Future – June 26

  Invites you to Building the Semiconductor Workforce of the Future June 26, 2024 9:30 – 10:30 AM Rayburn – Room 2045 A growing, globally competitive U.S. semiconductor industry requires…

Blog: 07/31/15

White House Launches Initiative to Strengthen U.S. Leadership in Supercomputing

…leading-edge computing technology. The NSCI calls for government, industry, and academia to collaborate on research, development, and deployment of high-performance computing (HPC): “Maximizing the benefits of HPC in the coming…

Blog: 06/24/15

House Approves Needed Updates to Federal Chemicals Law

…to approve companion legislation (S.697) in short order. The House and Senate would then need to reconcile the two bills before sending the legislation to the president. Semiconductors – the…