Kathy Warden, chairman, president and CEO of Northrop Grumman and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said the U.S. needs to increase its investments in advanced computing, including artificial intelligence and applications used to analyze large data volumes, in order to compete with China, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday. “If there were an area I would point to […] More
CAES and semiconductor foundry services provider SkyWater have partnered with the goal to transform the design and manufacturing process for radiation-hardened microelectronic components for defense applications. The two companies aim to expand SkyWater’s onshore supply chain network for integrated circuits and encourage industry partnerships in support of national security missions, according to a joint statement […] More
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.
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.
