Photographer: Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz / Bloomberg
Photographer: Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz / Bloomberg
He The European Union plans to produce its own advanced semiconductors by 2030, part of the bloc’s plans to reduce the “high-risk dependencies” of U.S. and Asian technology companies.
Officials want to make sure at least 20 percent of the world’s cutting-edge semiconductors are produced in Europe by the end of the decade, according to a draft document obtained by Bloomberg. The document, which could still change, will have to be presented next week by the European Commission, the bloc’s executive body.
Bloomberg has discussed the possibility of establishing a new foundry as part of a plan to boost semiconductor production in Europe. previously reported. The EU wants to manufacture chips faster than the most efficient 5 nm semiconductors manufactured by industry leaders Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. i Samsung Electronics Co.
“Reducing critical dependencies will allow the EU to become digitally sovereign and be able to better assert European interests,” the EU said in the document, which states that its approach will seek to support “the open nature of the Internet”.
The so-called Digital Compass plan describes the digital goals of the blog for the next decade. As part of this, it also aims to deploy 10,000 climate-neutral facilities to ensure companies have quick access to data services, develop a computer with quantum acceleration by 2025 and cover populated areas of Europe. with 5G by 2030. In addition, the EU said over the next decade, it wants to double the number of unicorns, or companies valued at more than $ 1 billion, improving access to finance.
However, the document did not explain how it intended to achieve these goals.
A monitoring system will be set up to measure whether the EU and its Member States are meeting their targets and the commission will publish an annual report detailing its progress.
The proposal will still need the approval of both the bloc member states and the European Parliament. October members had asked the commission to present this plan before this month.