‘There’s incredible capability here, but we sometimes miss opportunities to keep that value within the country,’ YieldHub founder says. The chip supply chain is intricately connected through vines that travel through dozens of countries before ending up as a final product. Countries worldwide specialise in manufacturing for different portions of the chip supply chain. Although, these “helpful incentives” also mean that funding recipients are barred – for a decade – from expanding chip manufacturing to China or any countries that the US thinks pose a threat. Ireland is home to 15 of the world’s top semiconductor companies (though many of them are not European) as well as Europe’s most advanced fab.