May 3, 2024· 32 min

Lots More on How CHIPS Act Money Got Awarded

Orality
Model
88%
Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(826 words)
M:28%
HostJoe Weisenthal(672 words)
M:28%
GuestMackenzie Hawkins(4,161 words)
M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic32%
definitely, very, massive
Engagement57%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, so, like
Repetition100%
know (65x), like (63x), chips (50x)
Parallelism76%
So have you heard the story ab..., And I was like, this gives me ..., And then you have to, like, be...
Sound Patterns50%
31 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases10%
you know what, i mean, if you will

Literate Indicators

Hedging12%
maybe, quite, might
Passive Voice9%
be annoyed, are seven, is spoken
Abstract Nouns24%
investment, prescription, medication
Subordination8%
though, because, until
Sentence Length41%
Avg: 15.2 words/sentence
Word Complexity49%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style43%
356 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style81%
automatically, family, definitely

Description

In 2022, Congress passed the CHIPS Act, which set aside tens of billions of dollars in loans and grants in order to encourage companies to build new semiconductor fabs in the United States. We're still very early in the process. It's going to be a long time before we know if the US will become a major player again in the production of advanced chips. But the process is well underway and the bulk of the awards have been officially announced, with much of the money going to Intel, Samsung, TSMC, and others. So how did the grants get allocated — and what's next? On this episode of Lots More, we speak with Bloomberg News reporter Mackenzie Hawkins on the latest developments. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.