it wants to be self—sufficient when it comes to semiconductors. it's not quite a high—tech superpower yet, and us controls are causing problems. translation: in order- to maintain tech hegemony, the united states has misused export control measures to maliciously block and suppress chinese businesses. this practice deviates from the principle of fair competition and violates international economic and trade rules. now the us is investing billions of dollars to expand the production of chips on american shores. the legislation that allows for that is called the us chips and science act. one of the companies taking advantage of it is micron. it's one of the biggest players in the memory chips business. memory chips are essential for anything that has a processor, but also for bigger items like supercomputers. i sat down with the chief executive of micron, and started by asking him how that legislation will affect his business.