An advisory group has been founded to help secure the United States' leading position in the semiconductor industry

05 December 2016 The transition period between current administrations has started, but the current White House regime has recently established a new private-public advisory group in a bid to ensure that the United States remains the global leader in the highly competitive semiconductor sector. Competition is fuelling an extraordinary amount of growth in the electronics industry but the wider implications of this titanic battle between gigantic corporations can be found national scientific, military and economic infrastructure projects. It’s a classic game of one-upmanship that results in the creation of new systems and technologies that end up being of critical importance to a nation’s security: What is designed today, could be used in missile guidance systems or complex financial algorithms tomorrow. And it’s similarly cutthroat in the private sphere, with advanced semiconductors, processors and ICs expected to drive the development of next generation technology, such as autonomous vehicles and satellites. Although semiconductor manufacturers and state-backed enterprise may be after the recognition that comes with designing world-leading components, the real prize is the lucrative contracts and patents that are associated with the parts. As always, money and profit is the real carrot. So, in response to recent gains made by firms with explicit links to the Chinese government and the threat that American high tech companies might start buying chips manufactured in the Far East, the White House has sanctioned the creation of the Semiconductor Working Group. The group will help shape government policy and create guidelines for development the semiconductor industry in the United States.

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