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Intel has allocated $3.5 billion in funding to expand its Rio Rancho campus in New Mexico to accommodate production of advanced semiconductor packaging technologies in addition to manufacturing memory storage, embedded multi-die interconnect bridge and silicon photonics technologies currently done at the site.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has extended its partnership with San Jose, California-based hardware security company Tortuga Logic to use the latter's security verification product for semiconductor research and development. Tortuga said Tuesday the extended licensing agreement, which comes as part of DARPA's Toolbox effort, enables the agency to deploy the company's Radix chip verification tool for assurance and verification procedures associated with semiconductor manufacturing.

Zachary Lemnios and Terry Halvorsen of IBM said the U.S. should invest in the domestic microelectronics supply chain, including research and development, to ensure the security of these microchips, maintain the country's edge in innovation and reduce dependence on foreign-made semiconductors.

Semiconductor manufacturer MACOM Technology Solutions has partnered with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to transfer the lab's gallium nitride on silicon carbide process to the company's Massachusetts-based foundry for semiconductor production.

Qorvo has received a potential $75M other transaction agreement from Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division to build a center for radio frequency semiconductor production and prototyping for the U.S. government.

Crowley Solutions has expanded its government logistics support portfolio to include end-to-end delivery services for semiconductor technologies used in next-generation systems and hardware.

U.K.-based semiconductor intellectual property vendor Arm has agreed to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency establish a framework for researchers to utilize the company's IT, technology and support services in microelectronics innovation projects.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has set a schedule for this year's Electronics Resurgence Initiative Summit along with a new event focused on promoting microsystems research and development. 

The Department of Defense has awarded 5N Plus' semiconductors business and satellite solar power company SolAero Technologies separate contracts worth $18.45M combined to help both manufacturers sustain production operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The International Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research has received a $7.6M contract from the U.S. Air Force to facilitate research and development activities on using blockchain concepts for manufacturing semiconductors.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched the second phase of a potential five-year, $1.5B program that aims to advance microelectronics innovation through new microsystem designs, materials and architectures. DARPA said Thursday the Electronics Resurgence Initiative's Phase II seeks to address the need to support domestic production options to advance …

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on March 29 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss a program that seeks to develop new radiofrequency and millimeter-wave transistors and semiconductor materials designed to meet electromagnetic spectrum-related requirements. Dan Green, a program manager at DARPA's microsystems technology office, said in a …

Raytheon has secured a $14.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and Office of the Secretary of Defense to further develop the production process of gallium nitride-based semiconductors. The company said Wednesday it will work to update the performance, supply and the dependability of wideband, monolithic, microwave-integrated circuits and circulator …

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a solicitation to gather research proposals for a potential five-year, $26 million program that aims to build miniaturized magnetic components for integration with electromagnetic systems used by the Defense Department. DARPA’s Magnetic Miniaturized and Monolithically Integrated Components program will focus on three technical areas, according to a broad agency …

Cobham‘s semiconductor business will deliver customized Application Specific Integrated Circuits for airport security screening under a number of orders worth roughly $1.6 million. ASICs are designed to facilitate a high level of detection to support security screening at airports and other facilities through client-specific, mixed-signal ASICs, Cobham said Wednesday. Jeff Hassannia, Cobham advanced electronic solutions business development and technology senior vice …