Two of Texas’ leading architects of the state becoming a mecca for semiconductor manufacturing sat together Thursday and discussed the issue’s importance during Texas A&M University’s second annual semiconductor summit.
Senator John Cornyn and U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul were co-sponsors of the CHIPS Act, which passed Congress in August 2022, and created the possibility of building up the semiconductor industry here in the United States.
“Call us the founding fathers (of the CHIPS Act),” Cornyn said during a chat Thursday at the Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center. “I didn’t know much about semiconductors, but my staff told me you just need to remember that everything with an on/off switch has a semiconductor in it. I thought it was essential that we begin to establish our capacity to manufacture advanced semiconductors.”
As chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the U.S. House, McCaul understands the importance of getting more semiconductor …