There should be a lot of money to be invested in the European production of chips, so that in Europe there are more chips to be produced than in the United States. That is the purpose of european Commissioner Neelie Kroes ict-business. In Eindhoven, ge lwa country.
In total there should be 100 billion in the sector to be inserted if the Cup is located. A large part of it will be private investors have to come, but she wants that the government is going to help. Together with private parties must be 5 billion euros in a fund to be paid in the next seven years can be used to invest in the sector. They expect that the public contribution for 70 percent of national governments; the rest comes from Europe.
One of the ‘clusters’ which must be invested is the combination of Eindhoven and Leuven, which is one of the three leading clusters. Also Dresden in Germany and Grenoble in France are such clusters. In Eindhoven is the Dutch chip maker NXP is located. Also the chip manufacturers STMicroelectronics and Infineon are European, and many chip manufacturers use chipmachines of the Dutch ASML.