Voice of America
06 Dec 2022, 16:05 GMT+10
U.S. President Joe Biden is traveling to Arizona on Tuesday to visit a computer chip facility, underscoring the Grand Canyon state's position in the emerging U.S. semiconductor ecosystem.
Biden will visit a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) plant in north Phoenix. He will tour the plant and deliver remarks celebrating his economic plan and the 'manufacturing boom' it has caused, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during Monday's briefing.
TSMC is the world's largest contract manufacturer of semiconductor chips.
In August, Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act, legislation aimed at countering China's massive subsidies to its chip industry. It includes about $52 billion in funding for U.S. companies for the manufacturing of chips, which go into technology like smartphones, electric vehicles, appliances and weapons systems.
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Arizona is among the states trying to attract federal funding.
The president will be on hand in Phoenix to celebrate the TSMC plant's 'first tool-in,' which is the moment when a building is ready for manufacturing equipment to move in.
Projects in the region are creating thousands of new jobs including the TMSC facility in north Phoenix, the technology firm Intel expanding southeast of the city and suppliers from around the world moving in.
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A 3,700-square-meter cleanroom at nearby Arizona State University in Tempe is helping to meet the workforce demands of Arizona's burgeoning semiconductor sector. There, students, companies and startups work on hardware innovations.
With 30,000 engineering students, Arizona State is home to the country's largest college of engineering and a driver in meeting next-generation demand.
'Chips and Science Act is a once in a lifetime opportunity. This is the moment. This is the moment to build out capabilities, infrastructure, expertise,' Kyle Squires, dean of engineering schools at Arizona State University, told VOA recently. 'We're bringing this capability back into the U.S. You've got to have a workforce ready to engage it.'
VOA's Michelle Quinn contributed to this report.
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