Source: South China Morning PostFormer Google CEO Eric Schmidt has called on the US government to build up its semiconductor industry to counter China, urging the country to “take a position and put money behind it”.“It’s lots of money … that the United States will need to stay two semiconductor generations ahead of the Chinese,” Schmidt said in an interview with CBS News on Wednesday.Schmidt currently serves as the chair of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, having left his position as an adviser to…Read More