Hewei Shen

  • An employee of German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies AG holds a 300mm test wafer in a clean room at the company’s plant in Dresden, eastern Germany, on April 26, 2023. – German chipmaker Infineon will launch the groundbreaking of a new factory, the Smart Power Fab, in Dresden on May 2, 2023. Supply chain snarls during the Coronavirus pandemic have exposed how over-reliant Europe has become on chip imports from abroad in recent years, disrupting numerous industries that depend on the components. The European Union in 2022 launched a plan known as the “Chips Act”, which aims to double Europe’s market share in semiconductors by 2030. (Photo by JENS SCHLUETER / AFP) (Photo by JENS SCHLUETER/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    H1-B visas are the lifeblood of U.S. tech innovation–and the shortcut to semiconductor supremacy

    By Mishita Mehra, Hewei Shen, and others