For strategic autonomy, the country must acquire indigenous capacity in chip manufacturing.
INTEL has scaled up its 2022 plan to invest $17 billion in advanced chipmaking in Germany to a whopping $30 billion. It is also investing billions in Poland, Ireland, and France. Presumably, it will benefit from the 43-billion euros subsidy the EU has allocated, to sustain microprocessor investment in Europe, in the face of the US government’s move to offer subsidy worth $52 billion and more for advanced chipmaking facilities in the US.