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Semiconductor Industry Association

Semiconductor Industry Association

Trade association

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) is a trade association and lobbying group founded in 1977 that represents the United States semiconductor industry.[1] It is located in Washington, D.C.

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About

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) positions itself as the voice of the U.S. semiconductor industry. This is one of America's top export industries and a driver of American economic strength, national security and global competitiveness. Founded in 1977 by five microelectronics pioneers Wilfred Corrigan of Fairchild Semiconductor, Robert Noyce of Intel Corporation, Jerry Sanders of Advanced Micro Devices, Charles Sporck of National Semiconductor Corporation and John Welty of Motorola, SIA unites companies that account for 80 percent of America’s semiconductor production. Through this coalition, SIA seeks to strengthen US leadership of semiconductor design and manufacturing by working with Congress, the Administration and other key industry stakeholders to encourage policies and regulations that fuel innovation, propel business and drive international competition.

Goals

The SIA maintains that a robust semiconductor industry is the only way to ensure that America remains the global technology leader, and works towards this goal through outreach to members of Congress, their staff, executive branch officials, foreign governments, member companies and trade associations.

Semiconductors – microchips that control all modern electronics – have a major impact on modern life. They enable the technologies that people use to work, communicate, travel, entertain, harness energy, treat illness and make new scientific discoveries.

  • The semiconductor industry directly employs a quarter of a million people in the U.S. and supports more than one million additional American jobs.
  • In 2012, U.S. semiconductor companies generated $146 billion in sales and semiconductors make the global trillion dollar electronics industry possible.
  • U.S. semiconductor companies represent over half the worldwide market.
  • Semiconductors are one of America’s largest exports.

Significant achievements

The first semiconductor road map, published by the SIA in 1993. It outlined the predicted progress of the semiconductor industry over the following 15 years.

In 1982, SIA formed Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) with dual objectives of developing highly qualified technical personnel for employment in the industry and conducting a program of long-range, pre-competitive research and technology development.[2][3][4]

One of the main achievements of the SIA was the creation of the first National Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors, in the early 1990s.[5]

Stances

CHIPS for America Act

The SIA has lobbied strongly in favor of the bipartisan legislation known as CHIPS for America Act, which would invest a lot in the U.S. semiconductor industry for greater semiconductor supply chain independence from countries like South Korea, Taiwan and China.[6][7]

Tariffs on China

The SIA in general has not been supportive of strong tariffs imposed on China (see China–United States trade war), as it negatively impacts the U.S. semiconductor industry which relies on a global supply chain. John Neuffer of SIA stated: "We have made the case to the [Trump] administration, in the strongest possible terms, that tariffs imposed on semiconductors imported from China will hurt America's chip-makers, not China's, and will do nothing to stop China's problematic and discriminatory trade practices".[8][9]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Rea, Donald G.; Brooks, Harvey; Burger, Robert M.; LaScala, Richard (2016). "The Semiconductor Industry—Model for Industry/University/Govemment Cooperation". Research-Technology Management. 40 (4): 46–54. doi:10.1080/08956308.1997.11671142. ISSN 0895-6308.
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    Rea, Donald G.; Brooks, Harvey; Burger, Robert M.; LaScala, Richard (2016). "The Semiconductor Industry—Model for Industry/University/Govemment Cooperation". Research-Technology Management. 40 (4): 46–54. doi:10.1080/08956308.1997.11671142. ISSN 0895-6308.
  3. [3]
    https://www.src.org/src/story/timeline/1982/
  4. [4]
    https://www.semiconductors.org/about/history/
  5. [5]
    Spencer, W.J. & Seidel, T.E. (1995). "National technology roadmaps: the US semiconductor experience". Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, 1995 4th International Conference on. IEEE. pp. 211–220. doi:10.1109/ICSICT.1995.500069.
  6. [6]
    Chitkara, Hirsh (2020-06-12). "A newly proposed bipartisan bill would earmark $22 billion to lure chip manufacturers to US". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  7. [7]
    Charboneau, Tyler (2020-06-24). "What the CHIPS for America Act Could Mean for the U.S. Semiconductor Industry". All About Circuits. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  8. [8]
    "U.S. sets date for additional $16bn in tariffs on China products". Business. BBC. 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  9. [9]
    King, Ian (2019-02-04). "US Chipmakers Feel Pain When Wish Granted to Scrutinize China". The Economy. Industry Week. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
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