Issue Silicon sovereignty is broken into six levers including critical minerals and energy

Summary

NTT DATA breaks semiconductor sovereignty down into six separate levers rather than treating it as a single capability. The first covers design and intellectual property, meaning control of chip architectures, accelerators, IP cores and engineering tools. The second and third concern advanced packaging, such as chiplets and 2.5D or 3D integration, and access to advanced and specialty fabrication processes with deep know-how. The fourth is knowledge and talent, built on long-term research capacity, universities, joint labs and workforce pipelines. The fifth covers materials, equipment and supply, including critical minerals, wafers and lithography tools, while the sixth concerns stable low-carbon energy, water, cooling and sustainable plants. The framework shows that sovereignty depends on resources and people as much as on factories.