Here is the European Union strategy for semiconductors
Brussels presents a strategy for semiconductors: called 2030 Digital Compass, the plan sets the goal for the block to produce a fifth of the world's leading chips by the end of the decade
The EU wants to cover a fifth of global semiconductor production at the end of this decade, as part of efforts to reduce its dependence on non-European suppliers.
The European Union plan, called “2030 Digital Compass”, comes at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has shown the dependence of the 27-block on key technologies owned by Chinese and US companies.
European Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager and Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton will present the plan today.
All the details.
THE 2030 DIGITAL COMPASS PLAN
The plan takes into account the importance of semiconductors, used in connected cars, smartphones, internet-connected devices, high-performance computers and artificial intelligence, and the fact that the recent global shortage of semiconductors has led to the shutdown. of different car factories around the world.
THE EU AIMS TO PRODUCE AT LEAST 20% OF SEMICONDUCTORS
According to a draft plan reviewed by Bloomberg , officials want to ensure that at least 20% of the world's leading semiconductors in terms of value are produced in Europe by the end of the decade. The document, which could still change, is expected to be presented next week by the European Commission, the executive body of the bloc.
COMPETE WITH TSMC and SAMSUNG
According to Bloomberg , the EU wants to produce faster, more efficient 5nm semiconductor chips made by industry leaders Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (Tsmc) and Samsung Electronics Co.
OTHER OBJECTIVES
The Digital Compass plan outlines the EU's digital goals for the next decade. As part of that, it also aims to implement 10,000 climate-neutral facilities to ensure businesses have quick access to data services.
Furthermore, the plan recommends investing in quantum technologies. The latter could in fact be a turning point in the development of new drugs and to accelerate the sequencing of the genome.
"Our proposed level of ambition is that by 2025, Europe will have the first quantum accelerated computer that will pave the way for Europe to be at the forefront of quantum capabilities by 2030," the paper states.
INCLUDING ITS OWN CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE
The Brussels plan also mentions the intention to develop its own cloud infrastructure (the Gaia-X project). The European Commission is also aiming to double the number of unicorns, which are companies with a valuation of $ 1 billion, over the same period.
ABOUT CONNECTIVITY
The Commission's plan also aims to cover all European households with a Gigabit network by 2030, with all populated areas covered by 5G.
The Commission notes that the focus should be on the roll-out of fixed and mobile technologies, including 5G and 6G.
As EurActiv notes, in terms of connectivity targets, especially for next generation mobile technologies, the EU has remained well below the threshold in recent months.
THE NEXT STEPS
However, Bloomberg points out that the document does not explain how these goals are expected to be achieved.
However, there is talk of setting up a monitoring system to measure whether the EU and its Member States are reaching the targets and the Commission will publish an annual report detailing its progress.
The Commission's plan will need approval from EU member states and the European Parliament before it can be implemented.
THE IMPORTANCE OF SEMICONDUCTORS
With this plan, the European Commission aims to guarantee digital “sovereignty” from the United States and Asia and semiconductors play a key role.
The China-US war also (and above all) passes on chips.
At the end of February, US President Biden ordered a review of supply chains to reduce dependence on rivals (China primarily) for four sectors. Among these is that of semiconductors.
Last week, a US National Security Commission recommended that Congress strengthen "choke points" on chip manufacturing technology. The intent is to prevent China from overtaking the US in semiconductors in the coming years.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/la-strategia-ue-per-i-semiconduttori/ on Tue, 09 Mar 2021 14:46:22 +0000.