CHIPS: A Critical Moment for Electronics (Part 1).

What are CHIPS, and why are they always in the news? Over the last fifty years, offshoring and globalization has caused most semiconductor manufacturing to take place in outside the US to decrease cost. The CHIPS and Sciences Act, passed in 2023, aims to bend that curve to ensure the US maintains semiconductor leadership. This is essential for the US to maintain its leadership in technology around the world.