US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a landmark bill to provide $52.7 billion in subsidies for U.S. semiconductor production and research and to boost efforts to make the United States more competitive with China's science and technology efforts.
"The future is going to be made in America," Biden said, calling the measure "a once-in-a-generation investment in America itself."
Biden touted investments that chip companies are making even though it remains unclear when the U.S. Commerce Department will write rules for reviewing grant awards and how long it will take to underwrite projects.
Some Republicans joined Biden on the White House lawn to attend the signing of the chips bill that was years in the making in Congress.
The White House said the bill's passage was spurring new chip investments. It noted that Qualcomm on Monday agreed to buy an additional $4.2 billion in semiconductor chips from GlobalFoundries' New York factory, bringing its total commitment to $7.4 billion in purchases through 2028.
The White House also touted Micron announcing a $40 billion investment in memory chip manufacturing, which would boost U.S. market share from 2% to 10%, an investment it said was planned with "anticipated grants" from the chips bill.
