L'UE vise 20 Pourcentage de puces de pointe devant être fabriquées dans l'UE par 2030

According to Margrethe Vestager—the European Commissioner for Competition—the EU is hoping to be able to produce up to 20 percent of leading edge chips within the EU by 2030. Today that number is around 10 percent, down from some 40 percent back in the 1990’s.

Cependant, it seems like the EU has understood that it can not be self-reliant on semiconductor parts, no matter how many companies it can entice to build foundries within the EU. Cependant, the EU is very much looking at getting more chip production happening inside the union, especially for the automotive industry. At the same time, the EU understands that it has to work with global suppliers of chips, especially what is being referred to as legacy technology in the interview with CNBC.

The EU is also working with the US to figure out why the current chip shortage happened, to try and prevent it from happening again in the future. At the same time, the EU is looking at investing in foundries, in cooperation with European businesses, while at the same time trying to avoid giving out unfair subsidies. There’s obviously no quick fix to the current supply problems, but it’s at least clear that the EU is taking the issue seriously and that its working towards making sure that at least a certain amount of chips and components used by companies in its member countries will be made within the union.

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