The Biden-Harris Administration has announced $100m for research and development (R&D) activities that utilise artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous experimentation (AE) for semiconductor manufacturing.
Part of the CHIPS and Science Act, the funding will be distributed in individual awards, ranging from $20m to $40m. It is thought that most of the funding will go to teams of universities and other research entities in the AI and AE space.
The funding will support new, sustainable semiconductor materials and processes that meet industry needs, that can also be designed and adopted for real-life testing within a five-year period.
US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, said, “Because of the Biden-Harris Administration’s CHIPS and Science Act, we are harnessing new cutting-edge technologies like AI/AE and creating a pipeline from lab to fab to out-run and out-innovate the rest of the world.”
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