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Apr 28, 2026
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212. America’s semiconductor policy and the AI race with China
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Dan Kim
(Chief Strategy Officer, Tech Insights, guest)
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Executive Summary
The CHIPS and Science Act represents a landmark US industrial policy to re-shore semiconductor manufacturing, driven by geopolitical competition with China and supply chain vulnerabilities exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Act's dual-incentive structure—a $39B grant program and a 25% investment tax credit—has successfully attracted investment commitments from all five leading-edge global chipmakers (TSMC, Samsung, Intel, SK Hynix, Micron) to build facilities in the US.
Despite success in the leading-edge sector, the policy has largely failed to attract mature node manufacturing due to intense price competition from Chinese overproduction, leaving a critical vulnerability for US defense and industrial supply chains.
Implementation has faced challenges, including companies underestimating the high costs of building in an atrophied US ecosystem and frustration with the slow, bureaucratic grant process, dubbed "the most expensive free money."
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