[simonh]

"Lost this capability"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabricat...

90 plants in the US, of which 5 have been built or under construction within the last 5 years. That's the same number of new fabs as Taiwan, China and Japan.

It is true that Taiwan has the technical lead at the moment, but that's a very recent development, yet everyone's talking as though the US hasn't built a chip since the 90s. Most of the strategically most important chips for military and industrial applications aren't at the cutting edge anyway.

It's an important strategic sector, sure, but none of these subsidies will actually address the most advanced tech segment and most of it will disappear as political pork. I mean it's your money, I'm a Brit, but to me this all just seems like absurd posturing.