The US's New Microprocessor Policy

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World's largest chip maker Taiwan semiconductor manufacturing company or TSMC announced plans to build a fab in Germany. It'll be the first of its kind in Europe and Germany's government will shell out as much as five billion euros to help it along. Western governments wants to secure crucial chip supplies by making them at home. But one year into America's new microprocessor policy how much has changed?

Big-money legislation to bring microprocessor manufacturing to the country is off to a reasonable start—but dominance of the industry is and will probably remain distant. Britain was once a leading light when it came to international aid; we ask why that reputation is now in tatters (tk:tk). And exploring all the funny noises coming from electric vehicles (tk:tk).

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