PCAST Forms Semiconductor Working Group
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology formed a working group focused on semiconductors, said group co-chairmen John Holdren, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Paul Otellini, a former head of Intel, in a…
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White House blog post Monday. “Semiconductors are essential to many aspects of modern life, from cellphones and automobiles to medical diagnostics to reconnaissance satellites and weapon systems,” they said. “Additional public and private investments in R&D are almost certain to be required if the past remarkable pace of improvements in price and performance of semiconductors and the benefits deriving therefrom are to continue -- R&D that looks to create new technologies that can leapfrog beyond the limits of today’s technology and explore entirely new computer architectures and their integration into systems well beyond the traditional computing sphere, including automotive and other mobile applications.” The group “will identify the core challenges facing the semiconductor industry at home and abroad and identify major opportunities for sustaining U.S. leadership” and “deliver a set of recommendations on initial actions the Federal government, industry, and academia could pursue to maintain U.S. leadership in this crucial domain,” the co-chairs said.