High Performance Microchip Supply - Under Secretary of Defense ...
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_________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX I<br />
APPENDIX I. MINORITY REPORT<br />
Essential portions <strong>of</strong> this report with which I heartily concur are<br />
the pressing need for greater chip security, continued future supply<br />
guarantees via a trusted foundry, and acquisition reform to lay the<br />
foundation for a stronger DOD infrastructure. My dissent takes issue<br />
with the depth <strong>of</strong> analysis <strong>of</strong> the data this committee received and the<br />
recommendations relating to the semiconductor industry. In my<br />
view, aspects relating to financial support <strong>of</strong> semiconductor industry<br />
activities, especially extraordinary DOD support, are not supported<br />
by business strategies and logic based on this committee's<br />
investigation. To be more blunt, it is not DOD's job to re-vamp the<br />
infrastructure <strong>of</strong> this healthy, robust and very pr<strong>of</strong>itable industry,<br />
rather, DOD interest's have to be evaluated in a cost benefit analysis<br />
such as DARPA routinely performs based on the DOD mission. Our<br />
nation would be better served if government provided the catalyst or<br />
leadership (non-financial support), apparently missing in the<br />
semiconductor industry, to facilitate a better semiconductor industry<br />
long term strategic plan.<br />
Dr. Thomas Hartwick<br />
<strong>Defense</strong> Science Board <strong>High</strong> <strong>Performance</strong><br />
<strong>Microchip</strong> <strong>Supply</strong> Task Force Member<br />
HIGH PERFORMANCE MICROCHIP SUPPLY ___________________________________________<br />
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