Open Letter on European Strategic and Funding Directions To Whom It May Concern March 8, 2024 The recent semiconductor shortage and shifts in global political relations have changed the European roadmap on semiconductors and chip design significantly. A mix of incentives for new fabrication facilities for advanced technologies and the ambitious goals to (re)-build leading-edge chip design capabilities in Europe are key cornerstones of the European Chips Act. Under this impulse, various funding a...