The requirements for the aid of the United States CHIPS Law do not convince the main manufacturers

USA approved last year new law with aid of up to 52,000 million dollars for the manufacture of semiconductors, the so-called CHIPS Act. But according to see on Reuterschip manufacturers that are investing on US soil and are eligible for aid under this CHIPS Act, they are not very happy with the conditions offered by the United States government. Among them is a excess profit sharingas well as reveal confidential information about some aspects of manufacturing, something to which the main manufacturers are not willing.

Currently there 3 big manufacturers who are investing in the United States, Samsung, SK-Hynix and TSMC. The first is planned invest up to 25,000 million dollars for the construction of its chip plant in Texas. Also SK Hynix plans an investment of 15,000 million for an advanced packaging factory in the United States. Finally, TSMC also has plans to invest 40,000 million in the construction of a new plant in Arizona.

The president of South Korea has met with the United States trade representative, and has asked the government of his country to consider the concern of these manufacturers to obtain better measures so that they can access without concern the aid offered by the United States in his CHIPS Act. South Korea also has its own incentive plan for companies that want to build their factories on South Korean soil, is the example of Samsung that wants to open 5 plants with a disbursement of 215,000 million euros in which the government will collaborate thanks to its aid plan of almost 400,000 million euros.

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