U. S. taxpayer money has been used to fund research at the Institute of Semiconductors (IOS) in China, a leading lab in the country's efforts to surpass America in semiconductor technology. This raises concerns about the implications of such funding for U. S. technological dominance.
• The Institute of Semiconductors (IOS) is part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), directly funded by the Chinese government. Its goal is to achieve "independent and controllable" chip production.
• IOS focuses on advanced technologies, such as compound semiconductors, photonics, and quantum optoelectronics, which are essential for the future of advanced military and communication systems.
• U. S. agencies, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the Department of Energy (DOE), have financially supported research projects involving IOS. This includes at least 30 research awards that list IOS researchers as co-authors.
• Multiple studies funded by the U. S. Army and other U. S. institutions involved collaborations with IOS, highlighting a significant paradox in funding potential adversarial research.
• Research topics include visual evoked potentials, excitonic insulators, and topological phase transitions, indicating a wide array of advanced semiconductor research supported by U. S. funds.
• China's semiconductor ambitions are part of a systematic strategy to dominate global technology, while the U. S. appears to be unintentionally supporting these efforts through research collaborations.
The ongoing funding of Chinese semiconductor research by U. S. taxpayer money poses critical questions about the U. S. strategy and awareness regarding its own technological competition. While the U. S. stresses the importance of semiconductor supremacy, it has unwittingly supported the very research that could enable China to surpass it in this vital industry.
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