Anthony Furey: The Importance of Semiconductors for Global Stability

A closeup of a silicon wafer on display at Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institution in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Sept. 16, 2022 . Annabelle Chih/Getty Images

Commentary

It was only six days before the 2016 American presidential election that the Obama administration finally had a public “aha” moment on the vital importance of semiconductors to the way we live now.