Silicon Saxony: Germany’s Bid to Rival Taiwan in Chips
Europe’s largest semiconductor cluster is in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt and has been dubbed Silicon Saxony. Researchers there are developing advanced packaging, chiplet and 3D integration technologies that could give Germany a major edge in the global chip race. While Taiwan dominates semiconductor manufacturing today, Germany is betting on the future of AI chips. But how realistic are Europe’s ambitions to rival Asia and the US? Manuela Junghähnel from the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM explains the EU Chips Act, TSMC’s expansion into Dresden, the global talent race and how advanced packaging could shape the future of AI computing. Host: Divya Gopalan
