FP This Week: Who will make the chips?

The big problem with U.S. semiconductors

MAY 31, 2023  |  VIEW IN BROWSER  |  SUBSCRIBE Union workers listen to U.S. President Joe Biden speak during a visit to a semiconductor manufacturer in Durham, North Carolina, on March 28. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images Fifty-three billion dollars. That's how much U.S. President Joe Biden has set aside to bring semiconductor factories back to U.S. shores with the CHIPS Act. A quarter of that sum has been earmarked for investment and job creation. There's just one problem: not enough Americans to work in the factories. FP's Rishi Iyengar outlines why, as well as a potential solution, in his recent report.  For a start, there's a lack of talent in the pipeline, as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education has been declining in the United States since the 1980s. 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