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CHIPS FOR AMERICA

Funding Updates

$36 Billion+ in CHIPS for America Funding Announced

The CHIPS and Science Act was signed into law on August 9, 2022 – creating a $52 billion investment to revitalize America’s domestic semiconductor industry and strengthen the country’s economic and national security. CHIPS for America within the U.S. Department of Commerce is responsible for administering $50 billion of the investments in semiconductor incentives and funding for research and development programs. The activities on this page continue the implementation phase of this program to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States, strengthen global supply chains, and secure America’s technology leadership in the 21st century.

CHIPS Program Office

CHIPS R&D Office

Chips Program Office Awards

Micron (Virginia) – Manassas, VA

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS Program Office

The CHIPS for America award will provide Micron Virginia direct funding to expand and modernize their fabrication facility in Manassas, Virginia to onshore critical technology from Taiwan and greatly improve supply chain resiliency for automotive and industrial markets and the defense industrial base.

Infinera (Pennsylvania) – Bethlehem, PA

Award Amount: up to $93 million in direct funding (split across Bethlehem, PA and San Jose, CA)

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS Program Office

The CHIPS for America investment would support the construction of a new, state-of-the-art advanced test and packaging facility focused on meeting the increasing demand for InP PICs.

GlobalFoundries (Vermont) – Burlington, VT

Award Amount: $125 million in direct funding

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS Program Office

The CHIPS for America award will provide GlobalFoundries up to $125 million in total direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to support the revitalization of an existing fabrication facility that is expected to commercialize new 200 mm technologies, which would create the first U.S. facility capable of high-volume manufacturing of next-generation Gallium Nitride on Silicon for use in electric vehicles, power grid, 5G and 6G smartphones, and other critical technologies.

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CHIPS R&D Office Awards

Applied Materials – Santa Clara, CA

Award Amount: $100 million in direct funding

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS NAPMP

The award will support Applied Materials in developing and scaling a disruptive silicon-core substrate technology for next-generation advances in packaging and 3D heterogeneous integration.

Absolics Inc. – Covington, GA

Award Amount: $100 million in direct funding

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS NAPMP

This award supports Absolics Inc. in revolutionizing glass core panel manufacturing by developing cutting-edge capabilities through its Substrate and Materials Advanced Technology (SMART) Packaging Program.

Arizona State University – Tempe, AZ

Award Amount: $100 million in direct funding

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS NAPMP

This award aims to support Arizona State University in developing the next generation of microelectronics packaging through fan-out-wafer-level processing and exploring the commercial vitality of 300mm wafer-level and 600mm panel-level manufacturing.

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Electronics, Semiconductors and Manufacturing

Created December 8, 2023, Updated August 6, 2026

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