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Department of Commerce Announces Definitive Agreement with SandboxAQ for a $500 Million CHIPS R&D Award to Accelerate Al-Driven Semiconductor Materials Discovery

June 17, 2026

The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Research & Development Office today announced the signing of a definitive agreement with SandboxAQ for a $500 million award...

The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Program Announces a Letter of Intent with Coherent for up to $50 Million to Expand Indium Phosphide Production

June 16, 2026

The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Program Office announced the signing of a letter of intent to provide up to $50 million in direct funding to Coherent Corp....

Department of Commerce Announces Finalization of CHIPS Incentives with Powerex to Enhance Domestic Production Capacity of Key Components for U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing

June 5, 2026

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced today the signing of a Direct Funding Agreement with Powerex to invest $30 million in manufacturing and R&D to...

The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Program Finalizes Definitive Agreement With USA Rare Earth For Up To $1.6 Billion To Support The Company’s “Mine-to-Magnet” Strategy

June 3, 2026

The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Program Office announced the signing of a final award for up to $277 million in federal incentives and a loan agreement for...

Department of Commerce Announces Finalization of CHIPS Incentives with xLight to Support Next-Generation Light Source for Lithography

June 2, 2026

The U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today the signing of a final award of $150 million in...

Department of Commerce Announces Letters of Intent With 9 Companies for $2 Billion to Accelerate U.S. Leadership in Quantum Computing

May 21, 2026

The Department of Commerce today announced the signing of 9 letters of intent to provide $2.013 billion in federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act.

NIST Allocates Over $3 Million to Small Businesses Advancing AI, Biotechnology, Semiconductors, Quantum and More

February 10, 2026

NIST is allocating funding to eight small businesses in seven states under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

Nanoscale Mechanical Characterization for Hybrid-Bonding-Ready Structures in Advanced Packaging

January 29, 2026

Since the first computers were developed, their performance has mainly depended on increasing the density of transistors on monolithic chips. However, as we...

The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Program Announces a Letter of Intent with USA Rare Earth to Accelerate Its Domestic and Vertically Integrated "Mine-to-Magnet" Strategy

January 26, 2026

The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Program Office announced the signing of a non-binding letter of intent to provide up to $277 million in direct funding and up...

Department of Commerce Awards CHIPS Incentives to a Subsidiary of Korea Zinc (Crucible Metals) to Support a State-of-the-Art Smelter and Critical Minerals Processing Facility in the United States

December 15, 2025

The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Program awarded $210 million in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to a subsidiary of Korea Zinc — Crucible...

Department of Commerce and NIST Announce CHIPS Research and Development Letter of Intent with xLight, Inc. for Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography

December 1, 2025

WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Research and Development Office, part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), announced...

Department of Commerce Announces CHIPS Incentives Letter of Intent with Vulcan Elements to Support Domestic Manufacturing of Critical Rare Earth Magnets

November 3, 2025

The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Program announced today the signing of a non-binding preliminary letter of intent to provide $50 million in proposed federal...

NIST Issues Broad Agency Announcement for Proposals to Advance Microelectronics Technologies

September 24, 2025

The CHIPS for America funding opportunity will support critical research, prototyping and commercial solutions that advance microelectronics technology in the...

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The “Soft Side” of Chips: NIST Advances Polymer Science for Semiconductor Packaging

September 10, 2025

After powering five decades of innovation, Moore’s Law is faltering. Here’s how the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is helping the...

NIST Awards Over $1.8 Million to Small Businesses Advancing AI, Semiconductors, Additive Manufacturing and More

August 18, 2025

The winning projects were competitively selected following a call for innovative proposals that address technical needs related to NIST’s research areas.

President Trump Secures $200B Investment from Micron Technology for Memory Chip Manufacturing in the United States

June 12, 2025

Trump Administration restores chipmaking leadership in the United States with historic investment in Idaho, New York, and Virginia.

NIST Study Aims to Improve Utility of the Scanning Electron Microscope

April 25, 2025

Using an electron beam to image the tiniest of defects and patterns on microchips, the scanning electron microscope (SEM) has long been a mainstay of the...

Tiny New Lasers Fill a Long-Standing Gap in the Rainbow of Visible-Light Colors, Opening New Applications

August 28, 2024

Researchers have created orange, yellow and green lasers tiny enough to fit on a chip.

NIST Awards Over $1.2 Million to Small Businesses to Advance Cybersecurity, Biopharmaceuticals, Semiconductors and More

May 15, 2024

The awards will fund research and development of new products relating to cybersecurity, quantum computing, health care, semiconductor manufacturing and other...

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JARVIS-Leaderboard: A Large Scale Benchmark of Materials Design Methods

May 7, 2024

CHIPS Metrology Program The CHIPS Metrology Program leverages NIST’s proven measurement science expertise to conduct research on measurements that are accurate...

CHIPS for America Announces $285 Million Funding Opportunity for a Digital Twin and Semiconductor CHIPS Manufacturing USA Institute

May 6, 2024

Concept papers are due June 20, 2024.

Biden-Harris Administration and BAE Systems, Inc., Announce CHIPS Preliminary Terms to Support Critical U.S. National Security Project in Nashua, New Hampshire

December 11, 2023

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce and BAE Systems Electronic Systems, a business unit of BAE Systems, Inc...

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