Pennsylvania’s chipmaking comeback left in limbo under Donald Trump
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High-tech semiconductor manufacturing began in the Lehigh Valley but promised federal funds for its revival have not come through
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Pennsylvania’s chipmaking comeback left in limbo under Donald Trump on x (opens in a new window) Pennsylvania’s chipmaking comeback left in limbo under Donald Trump on facebook (opens in a new window) Pennsylvania’s chipmaking comeback left in limbo under Donald Trump on linkedin (opens in a new window) Pennsylvania’s chipmaking comeback left in limbo under Donald Trump on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save Pennsylvania’s chipmaking comeback left in limbo under Donald Trump on x (opens in a new window) Pennsylvania’s chipmaking comeback left in limbo under Donald Trump on facebook (opens in a new window) Pennsylvania’s chipmaking comeback left in limbo under Donald Trump on linkedin (opens in a new window) Pennsylvania’s chipmaking comeback left in limbo under Donald Trump on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save Michael Acton in Bethlehem Published April 22 2026 Jump to comments section Print this page Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Fifteen months ago, the US government earmarked money to help restore the historic heartland of computer chipmaking in America as it tried to wrestle high-tech manufacturing back from Asia. But as demand for chips to power the AI boom races higher, the federal money has not arrived. Lehigh Valley fears being left behind. “Everybody is scratching their heads . . . I think even the companies themselves are trying to figure it out,” said Don Cunningham, head of the local Economic Development Corporation, which is based in a stately building in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that used to be a club for steel company bosses. The legacy of the steel industry looms large over the city. But high-tech chipmaking also has deep roots in this part of eastern Pennsylvania. The first mass-produced transistors, the building blocks of today’s semiconductors , were manufactured in neighbouring Allentown in 1951. Western Electric and Bell Labs, the pioneering...
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