Abstract
The Clinton Administration has unveiled a new government-industry partnership to spur development of technologies in the semiconductor industry, including chemically related work on semiconductor materials. This pact for advanced technology development, combining efforts at industry and government labs, resembles the partnership the White House announced last fall with the auto industry—aimed at preparing a new generation of cars (C&EN, Oct. 4,1993, page 7). At a White House ceremony, Vice President Al Gore called leadership in microelectronics critical to America's economic future. Semiconductors will be the 'V-8 engines' of the information superhighway. Gore was joined by senior executives from U.S. semiconductor firms and by Presidential science adviser John H. Gibbons, Secretary of Commerce Ronald H. Brown, Secretary of Energy Hazel R. O'Leary, and deputy secretary of Defense- designate John M. Deutch. Priorities for the partnership are taken from a National Semiconductor Technology Roadma...
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