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CHIPS FOR AMERICA

CHIPS for America Awards

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BAE Systems, Inc. (New Hampshire) – Nashua, NH
Award Amount: $35.5 million in direct funding
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS Program Office
The CHIPS for America award will provide BAE Systems up to $35.5 million in total direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to support a modernization project that will replace aging tools and quadruple the production of chips necessary for critical defense programs, including the $1.7 trillion F-35 fighter jet program.
TSMC Arizona – Phoenix, AZ
Award Amount: $6.6 billion in direct funding
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS Program Office
The CHIPS for America award will provide the company with up to $6.6 billion in total direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to support the company’s planned investment of more than $65 billion in three greenfield leading-edge fabs in Phoenix, Arizona.
Polar Semiconductor (Minnesota) – Bloomington, MN
Award Amount: $123 million in direct funding
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS Program Office
The CHIPS for America award will provide the company with up to $123 million in total direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to expand and modernize the company’s manufacturing facility in Bloomington, Minnesota, doubling its U.S. production capacity of sensor and power chips within two years.
Activate – Berkeley, CA
Award Amount: $5,000,000
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS R&D Office
The purpose of this grant is to establish an Entrepreneurial Fellowship Pilot program that will fund up to 10 early-stage companies ("Fellows") focused on innovations in semiconductor manufacturing technologies. The Pilot will establish a framework for other CHIPS-funded businesses to integrate innovative semiconductor ideas and technology into the semiconductor R&D ecosystem.
Photothermal Spectroscopy Corporation – Santa Barbara, CA
Award Amount: $283,489
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS SBIR
Develop a new instrument for high-speed thermal properties analysis and simultaneous chemical characterization with sub-micron spatial resolution. This project will improve thermal management and thermal property characterization for the U.S. semiconductor industry.
Laser Thermal Analysis, Inc. – Charlottesville, VA
Award Amount: $289,830
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS SBIR
Develop hybrid atomic force microscopy instrument that will automatically generate maps of the thermal resistance, thermal boundary interface resistance, and temperature profiles of microprocessors and wide bandgap semiconductor materials and devices. This project will benefit devices with thermal management challenges and materials development needs on length scales smaller than 100 nanometers.
Octave Photonics – Louisville, CO
Award Amount: $290,000
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS SBIR
Develop a new measurement tool to analyze airborne contaminants and toxic gases inside and outside the fab that lead to semiconductor processing defects and safety infringements. This project will benefits U.S semiconductor fabrication facilities.
HighRI Optics, Inc – Oakland, CA
Award Amount: $283,009
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS SBIR
Develop cutting-edge technology for calibration of the instrument transfer function of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithographic tools. This project will advance EUV lithography technology for the U.S. semiconductor industry.
Tech-X Corporation – Boulder, CO
Award Amount: $289,992
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS SBIR
Develop a simulation tool for photonic integrated circuits that accounts for manufacturing variations and imperfections. This project will benefit the designers of photonic integrated circuits, who will have faster development times as well as U.S. semiconductor manufacturers and fabrication facilities.
Virtual EM, Inc – Ann Arbor, MI
Award Amount: $277,930
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS SBIR
Develop a Radio Frequency (RF) channel sounder system to accurately characterize the effects of the wireless environment. This project will benefit microelectronics companies and research institutions focused on communication technologies.
ReconRF – San Diego, CA
Award Amount: $286,787
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS SBIR
Develop next-generation large-signal and high-power transistor modeling techniques to create highly accurate models for Radio Frequency (RF)-Microwave circuit design simulators. This project will benefit researchers and U.S. manufacturers of advanced radar, communications, and satellite technologies.
Hummingbird Precision Machine Co. Dba Hummingbird Scientific – Olympia, WA
Award Amount: $283,500
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS SBIR
Develop a transmission electron microscopy in-situ specimen holder that enables real-time imaging of nano-scale electronic devices. The project will benefit manufacturers and researchers of next-generation high-voltage power converters used in a wide variety of industries.
Tiptek LLC – West Chester, PA
Award Amount: $289,999
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS SBIR
Develop new high-speed nanoprobes to enhance the ability for semiconductor failure analysis to locate and analyze to detect "soft" electrical faults that occur on the most advanced semiconductors and are otherwise difficult to detect. This project will benefit researchers and semiconductor failure analysis engineers in the U.S. semiconductor industry.
The Provenance Chain Network – Portland, OR
Award Amount: $283,427
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS SBIR
Develop a reference implementation of the Commercial Trust™ Protocol (CTP) to manage verifiable credentials (VCs), metrology, and intellectual property, enhancing hardware security, and provenance tracking of microelectronic components across supply chains. This project will benefit the U.S. microelectronics supply chain industry.
Vapor Cell Technologies – Boulder, CO
Award Amount: $257,367
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS SBIR
Develop advanced dimensional metrology tools for semiconductor fabrication equipment to minimize the gap in the physical-digital divide and amplifying the accuracy of digital twins. This project will benefit the U.S. microelectronics supply chain.

 

 

Created September 6, 2024, Updated September 19, 2024
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