India, March 5 -- Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), USA, has released the following statement from President and CEO John Neuffer opposing the Chip Security Act (S. 1705/H.R. 3447).

"SIA members are fully committed to complying with export controls, and we strongly oppose the illicit diversion and misuse of our chip technologies. While we understand policymakers' interest in addressing this issue, we cannot support blanket mandates for new, untested, and potentially infeasible on-chip mechanisms, such as what is being proposed in the Chip Security Act. Rushing to legislate complex, costly, and unproven security features risks undermining global trust in American semiconductor technologies, and efforts to promote the export of the...