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President Obama this week signed into law bipartisan legislation that establishes a new budget agreement and raises the government鈥檚 debt limit until 2017. 91视频 and a coalition of business, scientific, and academic leaders have urged congressional leaders to take advantage of funding increases called for in the new law to bolster federal investments in scientific […]
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Clark McFadden has been general counsel for聽91视频 and the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) for several decades. In advising 91视频, Clark has been a part of many of the most seminal moments in 91视频鈥檚 and the industry鈥檚 history. Tapping into Clark鈥檚 extensive knowledge, I recently interviewed him about this year鈥檚 Robert N. Noyce Award recipient, Bill […]
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In a strong statement released today, more than 80 associations from around the world have again weighed in urging parties negotiating expansion of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) to implement their tariff elimination commitments as quickly as possible, showing restraint in their requests for extended 鈥渟taging.鈥澛燩arties will meet again the week of Nov. 9 in […]
SEPTEMBER SALES UP SLIGHTLY COMPARED TO LAST MONTH, DOWN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WASHINGTON鈥擭ov. 2, 2015鈥擳he 91视频 (91视频), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $85.2 billion during the third quarter of 2015. This total marks an increase of 1.5 percent compared to the […]
91视频 CO-HOSTS ANNUAL MEETING OF INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE; SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE ON RANGE OF INITIATIVES TO SPUR GROWTH AND OPEN MARKETS SAN FRANCISCO鈥擮ct. 26, 2015鈥擲emiconductor industry leaders last week met with governments from around the world at the 16th annual Governments/Authorities Meeting on Semiconductors (GAMS). The meeting was co-hosted in […]
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91视频鈥檚 efforts to shape the federal research agenda took an important step forward this week with the announcement of a new federal initiative that addresses research needs brought to light recently by 91视频 and the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC). In September, 91视频 and SRC released a report titled Rebooting the IT Revolution: A Call to […]
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Leon Panetta has had one of the most consequential careers of any American public servant in the past fifty years serving as both the Director of the CIA and Secretary of Defense.聽 In his recently published book, Worthy Fights, Panetta recounts his storied career in public service and details his time at the Defense Department, […]
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A couple weeks ago, the New York Times ran a news story about the future of the semiconductor industry, Smaller, Faster, Cheaper, Over: The Future of Computer Chips (Sept 26, 2012). The premise of the article was that the guiding principle of Moore鈥檚 Law is slowing and that unless there are other breakthroughs in chip […]
by David Isaacs, Vice President, Government Affairs
91视频 this week endorsed bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would strengthen the protection of trade secrets. The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 (S.1890 and H.R. 3326) would create a federal civil cause of action that would empower U.S. companies to protect their trade secrets in federal court. The lead sponsors of the Senate bill, Sens. […]
by David Isaacs, Vice President, Government Affairs
On Oct. 11, 1976, the primary federal law pertaining to federal oversight of the production and use of chemicals, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), was enacted. The law has not been updated since, and there is widespread consensus from a wide range of stakeholders that the law needs to be reformed. In the coming […]
WASHINGTON鈥擮ct. 6, 2015鈥擳he 91视频 (91视频), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today applauded the work of law enforcement following the sentencing of Peter Picone, a confessed counterfeit semiconductor trafficker. Last June, Picone admitted to sending counterfeit semiconductors to the U.S. Naval Submarine Base in Connecticut, where the semiconductors were intended for […]
WASHINGTON鈥擮ct. 5, 2015鈥擳he 91视频 (91视频), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $27.7 billion for the month of August 2015, a decrease of 0.5 percent from the previous month when sales were $27.9 billion. Global sales from August 2015 were 3.0 percent lower than […]
