Why Are Semiconductors So Important? | No Dumb Questions

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Recently, the Biden administration is unveiled details of its plans to spend some $50 billion to support the domestic semiconductor industry. It’s being called one of the most significant investments in any U.S. industry in half a century. It’s both an investment in American manufacturing and a fresh salvo in the country’s increasingly heated global economic competition with China.

All of which makes this week’s episode of “No Dumb Questions” particularly relevant and important — namely, “What is a semiconductor?”

In this week’s video, Grid’s Science Reporter Dan Vergano makes clear that there are actually several answers to the question. Beyond the technical matter, there’s the related issue of where they are found (in virtually every electronic gadget, home appliance or vehicle that is produced these days — anything with the adjective “smart” attached to it), and then there are the answers that go to why they matter so much right now. And why the Biden administration believes that semiconductors warrant that enormous investment.

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