Semiconductor production in the European Union should double by 2030, Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton told Belgian daily De Tijd.
The EU will offer the semiconductor industry “the same support as the U.S. and Japan,” Breton said in an interview with the newspaper, referencing the forthcoming European Chips Act as the framework for investment. The bloc won’t rule out financial aid, which is permitted under its antitrust rules, he said.
US chip giant Intel plans to disclose the location of its multi-billion-dollar European site as soon as the end of the year, Intel Chief Executive Officer Patrick Gelsinger said in October. He has predicted that the global chip shortage will last until 2023. The EU will unveil its European Chips Act in the first half of next year as part of a strategy to boost semiconductor production. It
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