On August 20, foreign media reported that two sources have disclosed that US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo is contemplating allowing the federal government to acquire equity stakes in chipmakers funded by the CHIPS Act, which are also planning to establish factories in the United States. This move represents an expansion of the US's earlier strategy to exchange cash subsidies for partial equity in Intel. A White House official and an informed source stated that Raimondo is exploring ways to obtain equity stakes in companies like Micron Technology, TSMC, and Samsung while providing them with funding from the CHIPS Act. Notably, the majority of these funds have yet to be disbursed.
