Tag: Semiconductor
Silicon dreams
March 27, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
This week we’re talking about a subject near and dear to my heart, well, near at least if you count proximity. That’s right, we’re discussing the recent semiconductor investment in Arizona.
I usually go to the well to find the most current security topics for my blogs, but things dry up the closer you get to a major industry show since everyone wants to play their cards close to their chests. I think the major semiconductor news isn’t too long in the tooth, however....
Intel and administration announce up to $8.5 billion under CHIPS, Science Act
March 21, 2024SSN Staff
SANTA CLARA, Calif., & WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden-Harris Administration announced that Intel and the U.S. Department of Commerce have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) for up to $8.5 billion in direct funding to Intel for commercial semiconductor projects under the CHIPS and Science Act.
CHIPS Act funding aims to increase U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research and development capabilities, especially in leading-edge semiconductors. The proposed funding would...
The Circle of Life
August 31, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
Last week the CHIPS and Science Act was signed and meant to help jumpstart American efforts to supercharge our domestic semiconductor industry and reduce costs of labor while providing jobs to Americans. The answer to what this has to do with security, is everything. Cybersecurity, residential, industrial, national security, the whole shebang. It’s the circle of life.
Not just security either, literally everything. You’d be hard pressed to find any product not tagged as a smart device...
Commerce Dept. launches CHIPS.gov as CHIPS and Science Act signed
August 25, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Commerce has launched the CHIPS.gov website in order to assist implementation of the recently signed CHIPS and Science Act of 2022.
Signed on August 25, the CHIPS and Science Act seeks to address lowering the costs of goods and creating high paying manufacturing industry jobs. Foremost among them the Semiconductor industry where the government hopes to shore up supply chain weaknesses made evident by the onset of the pandemic in 2020 and tremulous...