Washington : Apna Punjab Media : The United States Space Force is partnering with the Indian government to establish a new factory that will manufacture semiconductors, which are microchips essential for building next-generation technologies. Space-based sensors and spacecraft (not to mention nearly all computers, TVs, mobile phones, cars, game consoles, etc.) rely on semiconductors. The integrated circuits are perhaps more commonly referred to as microchips, or simply “chips.” They are the “brains” that nearly every modern electronic device relies on. However, for years, the world has faced a global semiconductor supply shortage and that shortage peaked in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, U.S. Space Force leaders have been hammering home the fact that the service needs new cutting-edge technologies in order to out-compete its competitors. So, to help the U.S. develop and acquire those technologies, the White House and the government of India signed the “U.S.-India Comprehensive Global and Strategic Partnership” this week, part of which includes a “strategic technology partnership” between two Indian technology firms and the U.S. Space Force that will help establish a new semiconductor factory. The factory will develop chips for use in “advanced sensing, communication, and power electronics for national security, next generation telecommunications, and green energy applications,” according to a White House statement, which calls the agreement the “defining partnership of the 21st century.”
US Space Force partners with India to open a microchip factory for next-gen tech

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