[Week 5] “The Semiconductor Supply Chain - Center for Security and Emerging Technology” by Saif M. Khan

Advanced computer chips drive economic and scientific advancement as well as military capabilities. Complex supply chains produce these chips, and the global distribution of these chains and associated capabilities across nations have major implications for future technological competition and international security. However, supply chain complexity and opaqueness make it difficult to formulate policy. Avoiding unpredicted harms requires detailed understanding of the complete supply chain and national competitiveness across each element of that chain. To help policymakers understand global semiconductor supply chains, we have broken down these supply chains into their component elements and identified the features most relevant to policymakers because they either offer potential targets for technology controls or constrain the policy options available. A companion CSET issue brief titled “U.S. Semiconductor Exports to China: Current Policies and Trends” provides an overview of how export controls are currently applied to semiconductor supply chains. Companion CSET policy briefs titled “Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains” and “China’s Progress in Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment” offer policy recommendations based on the analysis in this paper to sustain U.S. and allied advantages. The United States and its allies are global semiconductor supply chain leaders, while China lags.

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https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/the-semiconductor-supply-chain/

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