Press Release: 07/20/22

Stewart Barber, Molly O’Leary Join SIA Government Affairs Team

…where she managed winning advocacy campaigns on behalf of NTCA’s 850 rural broadband providers, including work on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s $65 billion investment in broadband programs. During…

Blog: 09/13/18

SIA Welcomes House Passage of Quantum Computing Legislation

billion dollars in spending to fund crucial R&D programs at the Energy Department and the National Science Foundation. It reflects Congress’ continuing support for increased quantum computing R&D, as the…

Press Release: 09/10/19

Erik Pederson Joins Semiconductor Industry Association as Government Affairs Director

…U.S. semiconductor company sales totaled $209 billion in 2018. SIA members account for nearly 95 percent of all U.S. semiconductor industry sales. Through this coalition, SIA seeks to strengthen leadership…

Blog: 12/10/15

China Kicks ITA Expansion Negotiations to Nairobi

…Development Round discussions or misused as a negotiating chip against unrelated issues. This is a very strong agreement that will add an estimated $190 billion to the global GDP, it…

Press Release: 02/11/16

Bipartisan Customs Bill Combats Counterfeit Semiconductors

…semiconductor company sales totaled $166 billion, and semiconductors make the global trillion dollar electronics industry possible. SIA seeks to strengthen U.S. leadership of semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research by working…

Blog: 11/24/15

SIA Welcomes Progress at U.S.-China Meeting on Semiconductor Issues

…and the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), concluded annual meetings today in Guangzhou, China. China is investing upwards of $21 billion U.S. dollars into its National Integrated…

Press Release: 08/01/18

John Hennessy, Alphabet Chairman and Former Stanford President, to Receive Semiconductor Industry’s Top Honor

…make new scientific discoveries. The semiconductor industry directly employs nearly a quarter of a million people in the U.S. In 2017, U.S. semiconductor company sales totaled $189 billion, and semiconductors…

Blog: 11/04/15

Budget Agreement Provides Opportunity for Needed Research Investments

…provides for a $25 billion increase to non-defense discretionary funding in fiscal year 2016. Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees will soon begin drafting legislation to allocate the…

Press Release: 09/20/18

Professors from MIT, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be Honored for Excellence in Semiconductor Research

…in the U.S. In 2017, U.S. semiconductor company sales totaled $189 billion, and semiconductors make the global trillion-dollar electronics industry possible. SIA seeks to strengthen U.S. leadership of semiconductor manufacturing,…

Press Release: 07/11/17

Former Micron CEO Mark Durcan to Receive Semiconductor Industry’s Top Honor

…quarter of a million people in the U.S. In 2016, U.S. semiconductor company sales totaled $164 billion, and semiconductors make the global trillion dollar electronics industry possible. SIA seeks to…