A look at key concepts in the semiconductor supply chain and what recent events mean in the competition over its control.
A worker at a chip factory in Jiashan, China, May 26, 2021. Credit: TopPhoto via AP Images
It’s been a frenetic month of news in the semiconductor industry, following a flurry of regulatory activity in Washington aimed at boosting American chipmaking capacity and stemming the flow of advanced chips to China.
As technology competition heats up, policymakers and observers even beyond the chip sector must familiarize themselves with an expanding vocabulary of chip-related concepts. Electronic design automation software, chips for AI, 12 nanometer vs 7 nanometer: what does it a
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