Arizona Selected for Third CHIPS for America Facility
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The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Jan. 6 that Arizona has been selected for the third of three CHIPS for America research and development flagship facilities.
Gov. Katie Hobbs noted, “This flagship facility will serve as an anchor for Arizona’s thriving semiconductor ecosystem while supporting R&D and supply chain resiliency nationwide. This investment ensures the next generation of this critical, leading-edge technology is developed here in Arizona, while we support the workforce and jobs of the future.”
The Advanced Packaging Piloting Facility (PPF) will be at Arizona State University’s Research Park in Tempe.
The two other CHIPS locations, announced in October and November, are in California and New York. Silicon Valley will be the site of an R&D center and joint headquarters for Natcast and the National Semiconductor Technology Center in Sunnyvale. (Natcast is the nonprofit operator of NSTC.) Albany will be the site of the companion R&D center dubbed the Extreme Ultraviolet Accelerator.
BREAKING: Arizona and have been selected as the site of the CHIPS Flagship Prototyping and Advanced Packaging R&D Facility. MORE: — Arizona Commerce Authority (@azcommerce)
“The PPF will play a critical role in advancing semiconductor innovation across the country,” Natcast CEO Deirdre Hanford said. “This facility will be a premier destination where researchers from industry, academia, startups and the broader semiconductor ecosystem will convene to explore, experiment and collaborate on the next generation of semiconductor and packaging technologies that will power the industries of the future.”
The Arizona facility also will house NSTC prototyping, which will use advanced 300-millimeter, full-flow complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology as a baseline for future experiments.
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“This groundbreaking effort will mean that researchers and startups won’t need to go to China or Europe to test out their cutting-edge prototype microchips — they’ll be able to do that right here in America. The United States must lead the way in semiconductor research and development, and there’s nowhere more appropriate for it than Arizona,” said Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.). “The most advanced microchips in the world that power everything from AI to quantum computing will now be able to be developed, tested, manufactured and packaged in our state.”
The new Arizona facility will be a partnership funded by the Commerce Department, Natcast, the state of Arizona, Arizona Commerce Authority and ASU.
“It’s imperative that the United States maintain the capabilities to outperform our competitors and adversaries,” Rep. Abe Hamadeh (R-Ariz.) said. “This state-of-the-art research facility will be a beacon of semiconductor innovation, attracting companies from around the world to Arizona to test and prototype leading-edge technologies. These efforts will help ensure America, not China or anywhere else, leads the critical breakthroughs of the future.”
