European Union companies are steadily losing ground to foreign competitors in the strategic semiconductors market, despite calls to create a European champion. EurActiv reports from the headquarters in Taiwan of TSMC, the world’s top chip manufacturer.
Addressing an audience of technology experts in May, EU Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes urged Europe to unite in order to face the global challenge of producing chips in a competitive manner.
“Should not we be looking for an ‘Airbus of chips’?” she asked the tech-savvy audience, urging the creation of a European world champion in the chip industry.
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