Zhitong Financial APP learned that it was reported that$Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.US) $、$Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.US) $和$NVIDIA Corp (NVDA.US) $Well-known semiconductor companies are deciding whether to oppose the $52 billion "chip bill" on the grounds that it does not support them enough and is heavily biased in favour of manufacturers such as Intel Corp.

It is understood that the "chip bill" will be voted on as early as Tuesday. The bill aims to strengthen the construction of chip factories in the United States to improve market competitiveness, including 52 billion dollars in subsidies and investment tax credits.

At present, the bill has basically received bipartisan support, but the chip industry is divided. Under current Senate legislation, chip makers such as Intel Corp will receive subsidies from the Chip Act to build factories and a 25 per cent tool purchase tax credit from a version of the House bill to promote manufacturing of semiconductors in America (FABS), according to people familiar with the matter.

By contrast, AMD, NVIDIA Corp and Qualcomm Inc design the chips themselves but send them to partners such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd to manufacture them, preventing them from directly benefiting from subsidies for building factories (the Chip Act) or tax credits for tools (the FABS Act).

As a result, companies such as AMD and the American Semiconductor Association (SIA), an industry association and trade group, support another version of the FABS bill proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives, which includes both a manufacturing tax credit and a tax credit for chip design activities.

"We are encouraged by the progress being made in legislation and we continue to support the enactment of a $52 billion chip law investment and the investment tax credit for the FABS Act for manufacturing and design," SIA said in a statement.