Yesterday, President Biden signed the long-awaited CHIPs Act into law. So, “what’s next” for the US semiconductor industry? The electronic materials advisory firm TECHCET offers insight.
Semiconductors
President Biden Signs CHIPS Act Into Law
The legislation provides a 25% tax credit for U.S. facilities that produce semiconductors or chipmaking equipment and $52 billion in funding for new semiconductor programs.
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology Scientists Improve the Power Output of Triboelectric Nanogenerators with Carbon Particles
Mesoporous carbon spheres facilitate charge transport and high surface charge densities in triboelectric nanogenerators for a 1300-fold higher output current.
Micron Announces $40 Billion Investment in Leading-Edge Memory Manufacturing in the US
Largest ever investment in U.S. memory manufacturing will create an estimated 40,000 American jobs, strengthen national security and bolster supply chain resilience.
GlobalFoundries and Qualcomm Announce Extension of Long-term Agreement to Secure U.S. Supply through 2028
Today’s announcement secures wafer supply and commitments to support U.S.-based manufacturing through capacity expansion at GF’s most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility, in Malta, New York.
Nordson Corporation Announces Agreement to Acquire CyberOptics Corporation
The acquisition enhances Nordson’s test and inspection platform, providing differentiated technology that expands Nordson’s product offering in the semiconductor and electronics industries.
GlobalFoundries, Applied Materials and Ford to Co-Host CEO Summit to Secure U.S. Chip Supply Chain
GlobalFoundries, Applied Materials, Inc. and Ford Motor Company today announced that the three companies’ CEOs will be co-hosting a summit of senior government officials, CEOs and C-suite executives from companies either involved in technology manufacturing or companies whose ability to compete depends on continued innovation, technology leadership and access to semiconductor chips in the U.S.
Towards Higher Nanopatterning Resolution with Molecules that Fill Nanogaps Better
Ultraviolet nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL) is a method of creating patterns at the nanoscale with widespread applications in optoelectronics, photonics, and biology due to its low cost and scalability.
U.S. Chip Expansions Squeezed by Shortages of Specialty Materials
What is the root cause of the semiconductor chip shortage? Is it simply a matter of chipmakers not having enough production capacity, or is something else at play?
NEO Semiconductor Awarded “Best of Show” for Most Innovative Memory Technology
X-NAND Gen2 that enables 3D NAND flash memory with 20X faster write performance received top honors at Flash Memory Summit 2022.
