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ASU is Phoenix’s “secret weapon” for advancing local microelectronics industry (Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego)

See ASU microelectronics workforce development featured in the Financial Times

ASU microelectronics in the news

‘Our secret weapon’: how a university bolstered Phoenix’s rise as US chip capital

Arizona State’s role in building a skilled labour force is part of a national trend as investors scramble for talent

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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks Announces $238M CHIPS and Science Act Award

ASU selected by Department of Defense for Microelectronics Commons hub

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ASU Sets Out to Create Microelectronics Hub in the Southwest

Will set the stage for expanded defense microelectronics prototyping projects.

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Raytheon to open new facility at SkySong, The Arizona State University Scottsdale Innovation Center

Raytheon announced that it will be opening a new facility at SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center, adding 28,000 sq. feet of digital design space to their footprint.

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The Government of Panama and US Announce New Partnership to Foster a Resilient Global Semiconductor Ecosystem

The United States and Panama will collaborate closely to conduct an in-depth assessment of Panama’s existing semiconductor ecosystem.

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Arizona State University and Applied Materials to Create “Materials-to-Fab” Center

More than $270 million in corporate and state investment will help advance Arizona’s semiconductor industry

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Strengthening US–Mexico Semiconductor Supply Chains: Opportunities and Challenges in the Nearshoring Agenda

This report examines the prospects for strengthening US-Mexico semiconductor supply chains amid a global industry rebalancing and delivers policy recommendations.

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PADT Teams Up with ASU’s Manufacturing, Automation, and Data Engineering Science and Technology Center on Two Manufacturing Research Projects

Supported by the New Economy Initiative, PADT, and MADE STC are Working Together on Projects Centered Around 3D Printing and AI-Based Manufacturability

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Applied Materials plans multi-billion dollar semiconductor research facility

Applied Materials announces investment to build world’s largest and most advanced facility for collaborative semiconductor process technology and manufacturing equipment R&D.

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Joint Statement on the Launch of the North American Semiconductor Conference and North American Ministerial Committee on Economic Competitiveness

The three governments organized the first North America Semiconductor Conference in D.C. on May 18-19 with the support of the Semiconductor Industry Association and ASU.

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ASU Poly to Be ‘Center of Focus’ for EV Manufacturing

ASU is planning a $200 million investment to make its Polytechnic campus in Mesa an epicenter for advanced manufacturing students interested in EV and batteries

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Building the microelectronics manufacturing blueprint

ASU researcher Hongbin Yu leads team funded by $1.5 million DARPA grant to develop future microelectronics domestically

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Arizona’s $58 billion in manufacturing investments among most in nation

More than $200 billion is slated for semiconductor manufacturing across the country and another $200 billion has been pledged for clean-energy products.

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ASU designing microelectronics platforms for satellite technology of the future

The recipient of grants from the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) totaling $22.4 million, Bliss is now working on two advanced computing project

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National Science Foundation awards $90.8M to ASU to advance X-ray science

World’s first Compact X-ray Free Electron Laser to be constructed at Arizona State

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Keeping up with the demand for engineers as the U.S. semiconductor chip industry expands

Industry projects around the U.S. are expected to create 40,000 new jobs in the coming years.

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How STEM is crucial to Arizona’s growing economy

Growing investment in Arizona’s economy is highlighting the importance of STEM education and training.

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How Arizona Is Positioning Itself for $52 Billion to the Chips Industry

The state has become a hub for chip makers including Intel and TSMC, as the government prepares to release a gusher of funds for the strategic industry.

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DARPA Grant Recipients are Producing a New Generation of Microelectronics

Before CHIPS and Science Act, Arizona State University systems engineering Professor Daniel Bliss was already designing and producing a new generation of microelectronics.

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Building a semiconductor workforce

ASU professors use grants from Intel workforce development program to expand and diversify microelectronics industry

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ASU microelectronics workshop addresses national effort to develop workforce

Leaders in industry, government and higher education discuss shared vision for advancing microelectronics talent pipeline

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The U.S. seeks to cut off China from Dutch semiconductors

NPR’s A Martinez speaks with Jon Bateman, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the Biden administration’s plan to curb tech exports to China.

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America’s Must-Win Semiconductor War

The U.S. federal government works to reverse America’s decline in the world’s production of cutting-edge semiconductors.

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Taiwan Is Still Semiconductor Leader as Chip Exports Rise Again

Taiwan is ‘irreplaceable’ in short term for chips as overseas shipments of IC chips increase 18.4% in 2022.

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How Biden’s microchip ban is curbing China’s AI weapons efforts

Development of microchips in the United State is putting limitations on China’s AI development.

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ASU to advance proposal for CHIPS and Science Act funding

ASU will offer regionally collaborative proposal to advance microelectronics research, development and manufacturing in Arizona and southwest region as part of national network.

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Arizona ramps up tech workforce, skills to meet chips job boom

Taiwanese chip giant TSMC is building a second U.S. facility in the southwest state of Arizona, highlighting the Biden Administration’s push to bring more semiconductor supply.

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Biden to visit Arizona computer chip facility

U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to Arizona to visit a computer chip facility, underscoring the Grand Canyon state’s position in the emerging U.S. semiconductor ecosystem.

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President Biden coming to Arizona to visit semiconductor plant

President Biden to visit Arizona to visit semiconductor plant.

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ASU’s major role in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company coming to Arizona

Ahead of President Biden’s visit to TSMC, Engineering Dean Kyle Squires talks about ASU’s role in the microelectronics industry; how ASU has students, faculty and staff involved.

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Here’s how giant semiconductor plant rising in north Phoenix will shape Arizona’s economy

Engineering Dean Kyle Squires explains why TSMC’s arrival will be a “game changer” for Arizona and local universities.

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Sunday Square Off: The future of semiconductors chips in the Valley

Dean Kyle Squires of Arizona State University’s engineering schools explains the new “Chips Act’s” impact on Arizona’s semiconductor industry and the jobs beings created here.

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Arizona aims to become a semiconductor powerhouse

VOA reports from Arizona on competition for billions of dollars in federal funding to bolster domestic chip manufacturing.

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