One of the top priorities for ASU in Mexico this year is work connected to the CHIPS and Science Act enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on Aug. 9, 2022.

ASU electrical engineering faculty members are working on Intel-funded grant programs to help diversify the semiconductor workforce.

ASU’s Microelectronics Education and Workforce Development Workshop highlights the importance of semiconductor research, development and training in Arizona.

While the CHIPS and Science Act was signed into law less than six months ago, releasing $52 billion over five years for a push to improve national security technology, ASU has been working to prepare for this opportunity. The university’s work in the semiconductor space was the topic of a webinar with the Greater Phoenix Economic Council on Friday about the CHIPS Act, sponsored by the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at ASU.

Professor Trevor Thornton is leading a research project through ASU’s AMPED Science and Technology Center to create diamond and boron nitride transistors for more efficient energy conversion.

ASU President Michael Crow has appointed two ASU leaders to guide an interdisciplinary team composed of ASU faculty, staff and strategic external partners to respond to the Department of Defense’s call for proposals to establish the Microelectronics Commons — a national network funded by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022.