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Foxconn, HP, Dell Back US Funding of Semiconductor Infrastructure

Federal funding and public private partnerships and subsidies are keys to building long-term U.S. competitiveness in the semiconductor industry, commented PC market share leaders HP and Dell Technologies, plus contract manufacturer Foxconn, in postings Tuesday in docket BIS-2021-0011. Comments were…

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due Monday in the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security inquiry to help shape recommendations to the White House on President Joe Biden’s Feb. 24 executive order to relieve semiconductor supply chain bottlenecks (see 2103110054). Public and private sector investments in “people and education” are a good “first step” in developing “a ready and trained workforce that can sustain a U.S. semiconductor ecosystem,” said Foxconn in a rare public policy statement. “Decades of outsourcing has taken its toll on a semiconductor ready workforce,” said the self-described world’s largest electronics manufacturer. SIA also commented (see 2104060064)