Mobilization and Defense Management Technical Reports Series. U.S. Dependency on Foreign Sources for Components: The Case of Semiconductors.

Abstract

Since the 1960's, the United States semiconductors industry moved labor intensive operations off-shore to take advantage of the lower cost labor. Although design and fabrication is primarily done in the United States, most, if not all, U.S. firms have assembly plants located off-shore. Semiconductors marketed domestically have been for the most part re-exported to the United States after assembly. This study was undertaken to investigate the foreign dependency of the military resulting from the use of semiconductors which are manufactured totally or in part off-shore and to determine, if possible, its impact on military mobilization. Semiconductors are critical components in most of today's military hardware. A foreign dependency poses potential problems in meeting the expanded production of the hardware should the United States have to mobilize for war.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA138104

Entities

People

  • D. J. Richards
  • J. S. Fitzgerald
  • M. H. Mount
  • R. J. Caccamise
  • R. T. Sale Iii

Organizations

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Electronic Circuits
  • Electronic Components
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Electronics
  • Electronics Industry
  • Fabrication
  • Information Systems
  • Integrated Circuits
  • International Trade
  • Large Scale Integration
  • Manufacturing
  • National Security
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Very Large Scale Integration

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics