In the past few hours there have been important developments in the relationship between politics , especially US, and tech world : Joe Biden held a virtual meeting with many big players in the industry to discuss the chip crisis, and in the meantime he appointed Lisa Su , longtime CEO of AMD, as part of the group of advisors in the technological and scientific fields.
As with many institutions, the staff who are part of the PCAST (acronym for President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology) changes according to the needs and wishes of the current president. Biden's incarnation sees two female co-presidents at the helm, Dr. Frances Arnold of CalTech and Dr. Maria Zuber of MIT. & Egrave; the first time a female president appears, let alone two. Lisa Su & egrave; one of the few people from big tech giants : & egrave; in the company of Phil Venables, top security manager of Google Cloud. In a previous version of the board, under President Obama, there was also Eric Schmidt, then CEO of Google.
Honored to be named to the US President & rsquo; s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) to work with an amazing group of people on important issues impacting our nation. https://t.co/6qZEIRcVuB
& mdash; Lisa Su (@LisaSu) September 22, 2021
The meeting to discuss the chip crisis was instead attended by more; bigwigs of companies directly involved in their production: Reuters cites representatives of companies such as Intel (with even CEO Pat Gelsinger), TSMC, Microsoft, Apple, Samsung and Micron, and car manufacturers such as Stellantis, Ford and BMW. In fact, we would like to remind you that if the latest generation video cards and consoles are the first “impossible” products. that come to mind when thinking about the current situation, the most important consequences; heavy the automotive world is undergoing , with plants down for weeks and billions of dollars in lost revenue.
In the meeting we & egrave; discussed the impact of the famous delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which is extremely contagious and which could lead to new prolonged closures of foundries this winter , and on the measures that can be taken to at least try to mitigate the difficulties. The large foundries, such as Intel, Samsung and TSMC, as well; how governments (for example European and US) are investing large sums to expand their factories and get out of the crisis as soon as possible, but according to the most forecasts; recent servir & agrave; wait at least 2023 before returning to normal.
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