The co-authors of a recent article in Foreign Affairs, America Could Lose the Tech Contest With China, Eric Schmidt and Yll Bajraktari, are Chair and CEO of the Special Competitive Studies Project …
Bipartisan $280 Billion Chips and Science Act Passes in Senate
On Wednesday, 7/28/22 In a 64-33 vote, the Senate passed the $280 billion Chips and Science Act of 2022. UPDATE Per Reuters - Thursday, 7/28/22 @ 4:15 PM: "The U.S. House of Representatives passed …
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CHIPS Plus Act Passes Senate Procedural Vote on Way to Final $52 Billion Semiconductor Industry Subsidy
At 10:24 p.m. last night, Natalie Andrews from the WSJ filed this update on the unexpected vote yesterday on the CHIPS Act and the FABS Act: "A bipartisan bill subsidizing domestic semiconductor …
The CHIPS Act up for Unexpected Vote to Approve $62 Billion Semiconductor Industry Subsidy
The U.S. Senate has fast-tracked a vote to bring to the Senate floor deliberation and final approval of the $62B in subsidies for the already Senate-approved bill known as the CHIPS Act. The …
The Quantum List: Companies leveraging quantum effects for real world functionality and security
The principals at OODA have tracked the science and technology of quantum technologies for decades, including closely watching the emergence of commercial firms leveraging quantum effects for …
Seminconductor Manufacturing and Next-Gen Blockchain as a Service
In a 2019 report by McKinsey, the authors characterized the status of blockchain innovation as "a transition point between Blockchain 1.0 and Blockchain 2.0. In the new era, blockchain-enabled …
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Open-Source Intelligence Resources: The USGS 2022 List of Critical Minerals
Moody’s Analytics economist Tim Uy wrote in a recent report: “The greatest risk facing global supply chains has shifted from the pandemic to the Russia-Ukraine military conflict and the geopolitical …
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Is Taiwan’s Five-year Quantum Computing and Talent Initiative the Wrong Strategy for the Island Nation?
Ukraine may be the Gray-zone in the headlines right now, but Taiwan is the more significant strategic hybrid warfare battlefield, in no small part due to its global leadership in semiconductor …
2023 Year-end Review: Federal
The Federal Government continues to teeter on the brink of constitutional crisis and threats of violence from foreign and domestic actors - while showing really positive signs of innovation and …
Semiconductor Innovation is More Than Just Reshoring the Traditional Industrial Base
Bob Gleichauf, EVP, Global Technology at In-Q-Tel, in a recently released position paper on the Chips and Science Act of 2022, explains why the legislation needs a "check engine light" to indicate …