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The US is greening itself toward more dependence on China
Coal power generation, disproportionately burdened with heavy costs and regulations, dipped slightly last year. “Federal clean energy tax credits are accelerating a nationwide wave of coal plant closures, as those facilities can no longer economically compete,” reports the Hill. Renewables, which owe their leaping abilities to taxpayer subsidies, still lag way behind natural gas.
How the CHIPS Act Can Impact Arkansas
A series of major manufacturing investments have steadily been announced over the past two years, like Samsung’s plan to build a $17 billion semiconductor factory in Texas, and Intel’s goals to establish $20 billion operations in both Arizona and Ohio. Micron recently announced a $20 billion facility planned for New York. This has left many of us wondering, what about Arkansas?
TikTok CEO admits the app is tracking American users’ key strokes
At a House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing, the CEO of the Chinese company TikTok, Shou Zi Chew, admitted that the app is tracking American users keystrokes.
I Saw the Face of God in a TSMC Semiconductor Factory
TSMC’s success is built on its singular comprehension of this dispersion of providential gifts. The firm is merrily known as “pure play,” meaning all it does is produce bespoke chips for customer companies.
Bipartisan TikTok bill is better than an outright ban, sponsors argue
The future of the RESTRICT Act is unclear, but with bipartisan support and Biden’s backing, it is the leading legislation at the moment. “Momentum is strong and continues to build rapidly every day. The legislation, as always, will have a few twists and turns,” Krach said.
Democrats come around on TikTok ban, reflecting willingness to challenge China
The showdown over a Chinese surveillance balloon that drifted over the U.S. before being shot down off the coast of South Carolina last month only heightened calls in Congress for action against TikTok and foreign adversaries over technology that could be used to spy on Americans.
Webinar: Huawei & 5G investment in SAUDI ARABIA
On March 2nd at 1:00 pm EST, the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue will host a webinar to discuss Saudi Arabia’s new deal with Huawei to adopt 5G technology across the country. The panelists will evaluate the implications of this decision on U.S. national security, economic relations, and technology development between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The conversation will center around the idea that trusted technology can be used to advance freedom and democratic values, the cornerstone of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue.
The District podcast featuring Keith
Teresa Mull talks to “America’s Energy Diplomat,” Keith Krach, about how China is thwarting America’s solar energy ambitions and what we can do to secure solar dominance.
Based on a story in the EE Times Asia
An imminent ban on U.S. exports to Huawei is seen as the first volley in a new wave of restrictions that will impair China’s semiconductor, AI and quantum computing industries—all critical for tech dominance in military and commercial realms.
Yahoo News Taiwan and other Taiwanese outlets, regarding the CHIPS and Science
EE TIMES reported that former U.S. President Trump’s deputy secretary of commerce, Keith Krach, one of the architects of the chip bill, said that dozens of companies and their subsidiaries, including SMIC and Yangtze River Storage, pose a serious national threat to the United States. A security threat because they make semiconductors for the military.
CNN article quoting Keith
In the year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has been hit by unprecedented Western sanctions and shut out of much of the global economy. But China, which has declared “no limits” to its friendship with its northern neighbor, has thrown the Kremlin an economic lifeline, tempering the impact of its banishment from the global financial system.
Past Event: Building alliances to forge global semiconductor supply chain resiliency
The Biden administration issued wide-ranging restrictions on the export to China of chips and chip-making technology to undercut that country’s ability to manufacture the same class of integrated circuits.
