According to Bloomberg, the German government is preparing to invest billions of euros in the German semiconductor industry. Two people familiar with the matter said that the total subsidy provided by Germany is expected to be about 2 billion euros.
The German Ministry of Economic A spokesman Annika Einhorn stated in a statement that Germany will provide new funds for chip companies to fund 10 to 15 projects, including Silicon wafer production and micro -chip assembly. “These funded projects should help establish a powerful and sustainable microelectronics ecosystem in Germany and Europe.”
Earlier this month, the German Ministry of Economic Affairs called on chip companies to apply for new subsidies, but the final subsidy amount of the German government is still changing. At present, major German political parties have unanimously decided to hold a new German Federal House election in advance on February 23, 2025. At that time, the new German government may formulate a new budget, which may bring uncertainty to chip companies applying for subsidies. sex.
At present, the chip has penetrated all aspects of from cutting -edge artificial intelligence to daily equipment. Therefore, governments around the world have been investing public funds from the chip industry to achieve localized production of chips.
The EU Chip Act passed in 2023 aims to strengthen the EU’s semiconductor ecosystem to double the market share of the EU semiconductor by 2030, thereby reaching 20%of global capacity.
The German chip industry is currently facing two major challenges. Intel’s 30 billion euros chip factory in Magdeburg is expected to receive 10 billion euros of German government subsidies, which has become the largest project supported by the EU Chip Act, but Intel has postponed the construction plant in September this year. Wolfspeed and ZF have also canceled their plans to establish a chip joint venture in western Germany.
According to the EU Chip Act, the German government issued the first round of chip subsidies to Yingfei Ling and TSMC in a joint venture in Germany and Intel.