The US Wall Street Journal, WSJ, reported yesterday (local time) in the US that the US government is pushing for production in the United States to reduce its dependence on advanced semiconductors produced in Asia.

Against this backdrop, WSJ explained that the recent global expansion of Corona 19 has raised concerns that the supply chain of semiconductors, a key component of the high-tech industry, may collapse.

According to reports, US government officials are negotiating with the largest semiconductor company in the United States, and Taiwanese semiconductor maker TSMC, to build a factory in the United States.

"It's very serious about this," said Greg Slater, vice president of policy and technology at Intel. "We are planning to run a factory to safely supply cutting-edge semiconductors to the US government and other customers."

"It's a good opportunity," said Slater. "In commercial terms, timing and demand are higher than in the past."

WSJ quoted sources as saying that TSMC was discussing with its major customers, Apple, as well as the US Department of Commerce and the Department of Defense about building a semiconductor plant in the United States.

The TSMC said in a statement, "We are evaluating all suitable locations, including the United States, but we have no specific plans yet."

WSJ cites sources that US officials are also interested in helping South Korea's Samsung Electronics, which already has a plant in Austin, Texas, expand its CMO facility to produce advanced semiconductors in the United States.

How to build foundry and semiconductor consignment production facilities in the United States has been discussed, and recently, the global supply chain of the epidemic could shake the Asian supply chain. received.

The U.S. Department of Defense identified Taiwan, China, and Korea as the three pillars of the dependence of the entire U.S. digital economy in a report on the relevance of microelectronics, the microelectronics supply chain, and national security in 2019.

The report says the majority of America's largest and most important tech companies are vulnerable to a single outage, especially in Taiwan.

The U.S. Department of Defense has always been concerned that China, whose hostile relationship is changing hostilely, is investing huge amounts of money into semiconductors, as modern technology is essential for modern military equipment.

In the same vein, the Trump administration has recently tightened semiconductor export regulations to China.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has scrapped a system that would allow US companies to export semiconductors to China without permits when it is not for military use, and is considering ways to regulate China's telecommunications equipment maker Huawei from making semiconductors at TSMC.

A senior US official said, "The US government is committed to ensuring that US technology leadership is maintained." The US government continues to collaborate with our allies, overseas partners, as well as state, regional and private sector partners. "We will cooperate in R & D, production, supply chain management, and human resource development."

WSJ has formed a broad consensus on how US government leaders and technology companies will procure cutting-edge semiconductors in the United States, but the current industrial complex is complex and there is no consensus within the government and within the industry. He said no.

The newspaper reported that the semiconductor industry association, an interest group of semiconductor companies in the United States, is conducting its own research to localize semiconductors and is expected to invite the US government to contribute billions of dollars.