The School of International Letters and Cultures at Arizona State University hosted its 2023 Japanese Open House and Job Fair on Nov. 7 with a speech by Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles Kenko Sone, a scavenger hunt and tabling by student clubs.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced the award today of $238 million in CHIPS and Science Act funding for the establishment of eight Microelectronics Commons regional innovation hubs.

ASU researcher Ying-Chen “Daphne” Chen is investigating the potential to streamline building microelectronics by making them in space.

This week, ASU announced teams selected for four seed funding projects that will begin the Southwest Advanced Prototyping Hub.

Arizona’s economy is shifting into a semiconductor powerhouse and ASU is at the forefront of not only advancing the technology but also creating the workforce needed to sustain that transformation. That was the theme at the seventh annual Congressional Conference held Aug. 15 at Arizona State University’s Tempe campus, titled “Advancing Arizona’s Technological Competitiveness.”

The objective of a memorandum of understanding signed in Tempe in November to integrate Mexico into the semiconductor industry in support of the CHIPS Act got underway recently in Sonora with a “train-the-trainer” course to prepare instructors who will educate the future semiconductor workforce.