Especially the established semiconductor players are perfectly capable of financing their own R&D. Taxpayers shouldn’t have to contribute to that.
The Dutch government, in its caretaker phase, is tossing 430 million euros at semiconductors and related technologies. Nearly half a billion euros for an industry already drowning in cash.
A round of applause for Semicon Board NL, the lobbying outfit that convinced The Hague to open the tap. The chip sector now speaks with one voice: from ASM, ASML, Besi and NXP to Thermo Fisher, backed by roughly 300 others via High Tech NL – design shops, instrument makers, you name it.
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