Tag: Chips Act

April 8, 2024

TSMC is to build a third fab in Arizona and will manufacture 2nm ICs in the US starting in 2030. “For the first time ever, we will be making, at scale, the most advanced semiconductor chips on the planet here […]

January 31, 2024

Vietnam could receive money from the US Chips and Science Act, according to Jose Fernandez, U.S. undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment. Under the Act, $500 million has been earmarked for improving semiconductor training, cybersecurity and […]

January 29, 2024

Investments in fab by TSMC, Bosch, NXP and Infineon are “good for the European car industry but it’s not enough. It’s not enough at all,” says Wennink, “if you want to get to 20%, you just have to calculate how […]

January 5, 2024

Microchip, a leading producer of semiconductor devices announced yesterday a preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) resulting in $90 million to modernize and expand a its fabrication facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado as part of $162 million in overall direct funding […]

November 22, 2023

“Within a decade, we envision that America will both manufacture and package the world’s most sophisticated chips,” says Laurie Locascio director of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), “this means both onshoring a high-volume advanced packaging industry […]

September 25, 2023

A final rule implementing the national security guardrails of the CHIPS and Science Act has been released by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). The CHIPS and Science Act provides $50 billion for programs to strengthen and revitalize semiconductor research, […]

February 28, 2023

The Pentagon will have secure access to leading-edge semiconductors manufactured at facilities receiving funding from the $53 billion Chips Act, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said, ensuring the industry can supply the military with the advanced chips it needs for modern […]

February 9, 2023

In late February, the Department plans to release a Notice of Funding Opportunity for commercial leading-edge, current, and mature node fabrication facilities. This includes both front-end semiconductor manufacturers and back-end packaging facilities. In late spring, the Department plans to release […]

October 7, 2022

President Biden was in Poughkeepsie, New York today to point to another major investment announced by a technology company since the CHIPS and Science Act passed a few weeks ago. IBM, which once gave us the floppy disk, plans to […]

August 9, 2022

President Joe Biden signed a $280 billion bipartisan bill Aug. 9 to boost domestic high-tech manufacturing, part of his administration’s push to boost U.S. competitiveness over China. The Rose Garden ceremony included lawmakers, union officials, local politicians and business leaders, […]

August 2, 2022

The US has already decreed in the Chips Act that companies taking money under the Act cannot make chips in China more advanced than 28nm for the next ten years – a provision which will affect both TSMC and Intel. […]

July 26, 2022

“Congress must pass this bill as soon as possible,” said Biden “there is an economic imperative. This bill is going to supercharge efforts to make semiconductors.” The bill puts up $52 billion in subsidies for U.S. semiconductor production, and a […]

July 19, 2022

Which is why the US Chips Act may get passed this week. Maybe even today. Up to now, non-manufacturing chip design companies have been playing silly buggers with the Chips Act asking for hand-outs when the whole purpose of the […]

July 18, 2022

Last week, The SEMI Foundation, the non-profit arm of SEMI, the global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, announced launch of the SEMI Career Exploration Platform — designed to strengthen access for underrepresented workers to educational […]

June 24, 2022

“We’re going slow and small or we’re going to go big and bold based on the Chips Act,” Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger (pictured) told Bloomberg, “we’re committed to go build two fabs there. I don’t want a two-fab site there. […]

July 22, 2021

Congress must act quickly to bolster semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S., according to a letter from several trade groups and unions delivered to House and Senate leaders on Thursday. “Strengthening the U.S. position in semiconductor research, design, and manufacturing is […]