$52B Won't Be Enough - US Semiconductor Needs $30B in Additional Funding

In 2022, the United States passed a package of laws to support the semiconductor industry domestically.He

involves the allocation of $52 billion in subsidies for national companies that are ready to launch production in the United States.But this money will not be enough.

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At the end of 2015, the American market formedhalf of the income of the world semiconductor market. Five years later, the figure had dropped to 46%. Without additional investment in chip development, by the end of this decade, the US share of the world market will be only 36%.

Experts believe that the total investmentthe US government in national semiconductor production could increase to more than $80 billion. According to them, in addition to $52 billion, the US will have to finance chip development by investing another $30 billion. Moreover, more than half of this amount would become tax deductions for companies.

Now subsidies in this segment amount to about13%. For comparison, China, Taiwan and Asian countries allocate almost a third of subsidies to the needs of the semiconductor industry. Although it is American companies that invest the most in this sector.

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