The Department of Commerce (DoC) said today it has reached an agreement with Microchip Technology Inc. to provide about $162 million in Federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act – marking the agency’s second funding announcement under the law. […]
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The Commerce Department said today it is closing in on its first agreement to provide funding under the CHIPS and Science Act, which was approved by Congress last year to make available up to $52 billion of funding to incentivize semiconductor makers to establish new manufacturing operations in the United States. […]
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told lawmakers on Wednesday the agency was in the process of making “strategic investments” with plans to announce CHIPS Act funding this fall. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) on Sept. 20 announced its first set of awards under the CHIPS Act totaling $240 million to establish eight microelectronics commons innovation hubs. […]
With a potential government shutdown looming over the horizon, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo warned lawmakers today of the “crushing” impact that a possible shutdown could have on the current work being done under the CHIPS and Science Act that passed last year. […]
It’s been one year since President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) has been busy implementing initiatives to safeguard the nation’s research ecosystem and to comply with the law’s research security provisions. […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced 34 semifinalists from across the nation last week for the first-ever NSF Regional Innovation Engines competition. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced new leadership to head the agency’s CHIPS Research and Development Office as part of the Federal government’s larger efforts to reinvigorate semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S. […]
Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are pressing the Biden Administration to provide them with information on how CHIPS and Science Act funding for semiconductor manufacturing incentives has been spent so far. […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) is proposing to create national security “guardrails” for the CHIPS Incentives Program to ensure that technology and innovation funded by the CHIPS and Science Act are not used for malign purposes by adversaries of the U.S. and its allies. […]
President Biden’s budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2024 released today aims to strengthen U.S. leadership in emerging technologies by offering $25 billion for CHIPS and Science Act authorized activities – an increase of about $6.5 billion from the 2023 enacted level. […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today launched the first CHIPS for America funding opportunity for manufacturing incentives to restore U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, support jobs across the semiconductor supply chain, and advance U.S. economic and national security. […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce on Feb. 17 announced the appointments of more than a dozen people joining the team overseeing implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act. […]
The Chips and Science Act is accelerating the work of a new Washington, D.C.-area quantum research consortium that is trying to create and operate a quantum network as a regional test bed, the body’s executive director said on Jan. 18. […]
A bipartisan group of senators, led by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., sent a letter to Senate Appropriators urging them to fully fund the CHIPS and Science Act in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Appropriations Bill to ensure the United States remains a global leader in innovative, emerging technologies. […]
The United States made a strategic mistake in allowing manufacturing and production of a quintessentially American industry – semiconductors – to be conducted offshores, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said on Tuesday during a Washington Post Live session. […]
President Biden signed the Chips and Science Act into law just last month, but Department of Commerce (DoC) Secretary Gina Raimondo said this week that Americans need to see tangible benefits from this legislation “as fast as possible” to build needed long-term support for domestic semiconductor production. […]
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is recommending the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) create a $500 million investment fund for semiconductor startups, according to its September report. […]
The Biden-Harris administration last week appointed six policy leaders to the newly established CHIPS for America offices – which are housed within the White House and the Department of Commerce (DoC) – to lead the way in implementing the CHIPS and Science Act. […]
President Biden today signed the Chips and Science Act, after the legislation was approved by both the House and Senate late last month. […]