In early January, ASU announced that it will be a site for two new semiconductor development facilities by the US Ministry of Commerce. NSTC Prototyping and Napmp Advanced Packaging Piloting Facility will open immediately in 2028.
The National SemiconDuctor Technology Center and the National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing program are developed programs established by Chips for America.
The semiconductor is an important part of electronic production because it is a crystalline solid that can act as both the insulator or conductor that controls the flow of electricity.
Since 2020, the semiconductor industry has grown rapidly in Arizona, increasing demand for high -quality technology and more efficient packages. The semiconductor package is to organize the chips into a smaller unit.
“In the end, all the packaged semiconductor chips need to be packaged,” said Kevin Reinhart, an executive director of Knowledge Enterprise. “The multi -chip package is integrated into all three dimensions and is built and built up to more complicated in a single device or package.”
Reinhat is working with MacrotechNology Works, an ASU research facility that is affiliated with companies to develop technology based on the needs of the industry. The US Ministry of Commerce and the National Center for the progress of semiconductor technology have accessed MTW to start prototyping and production. Future facilities are located in ASU Research Park near MTW.
ASU is considered an attractive partner in semiconductor investment for existing relationships with private companies and new research sessions.
“(ASU) is the source of technology and labor, and can be connected to other companies in its workspace,” says Reinhart. “I think the fact that we have Intel and TSMC (Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturing companies) here in the volleyball is a big draw on two cutting -edge semiconductor fabs.”
The new investment comes from the federal government through the Chips for America Initiative, part of the Chips and Science Law.
In November, President Donald Trump criticized the Chip and Science Law. There are some questions about the future of the law, but most of the two ASU facilities are guaranteed.
According to the Ministry of Commerce’s Spokesman, the announced R & D facilities in the United States are operated by independent non -profit organization, NATCAST.
Before the facility, ASU has expanded its existence in the semiconductor industry through the Southwest Advanced Protot typing hub, a partnership with the Pentagon.
“They buy a lot of equipment, secure a lot of space, and cooperate with their partners in the industry to investigate packaging. It’s one of the big fronters. Kevin Hilgers said.
According to the Spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, the final details have not been disclosed, and the occupations may provide students with future careers and research opportunities, and the final details have not been revealed. , The duties estimates are still preliminary.
Reinhat stated that one of the priority of MTW in partnership was to conduct research on teachers and students.
“There is an innovation pipeline,” said the line hart. “The teachers have the idea that they will start to move forward. They draw students into it, work on many of these tools, and develop their next generation packages.”
An increase in the rate of illness in the semiconductor industry in Arizona may provide technical tasks to other carriers outside the engineering. Hilgers stated that there are ecosystems necessary for the production and sales of semiconductors.
“It’s not all engineers. It’s an engineer, a product engineer, a marketing person, a test person, a businessman, and a supply chain manager,” said Hilgers.
NSTC prototyping and NAPMP Advanced Packaging Piloting Facility are under construction, but students who are interested in the semiconductor industry can train to use tools via ASU core facilities.
“I’ve been working … I started working with students for more than 40 years in this industry and started returning to the community through students,” said Hilgers. “It is difficult to train labs with volume, but ASU has many different programs.
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