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DESCRIPTION:Semiconductor microelectronic chips are critical components in 
 defense C4ISR and weapon systems. Department of Defense (DoD) needs to hav
 e an assured supply of advanced microcroelectronic chips\, in peacetime an
 d wartime. Since DoD itself normally does not make the chips\, DoD depends
  on the semiconductor industry to produce the needed chips. DoD uses a var
 iety of chips\, many are commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) and some are clas
 sified and defense-unique chips. The semiconductor industry\, although ori
 ginally created by DoD\, for several decades has gradually moved off-shore
 \, including fabrication\, testing\, and packaging. The U.S. market share 
 of global semiconductor manufacturing capacity has fallen from about 38% i
 n 1990 to 12% in 2020. TSMC in Taiwan is the world’s largest semiconduct
 or chip manufacturer\, supplying 92% of worlds sub-nanometer advanced chip
 s. To bring semiconductor manufacturing back to the U.S.\, Congress passed
  the CHIPS and Science Act to reshore semiconductor manufacturing to the U
 .S. The CHIPS Act authorizes more than $200B\, and immediately appropriate
 s $53.7B\, in federal funding to promote domestic semiconductor manufactur
 ing production\, DoD allocated $2B as a part of the CHIPS Act. DoD's Micro
 electronics Commons initiative selected eight regional innovations hubs th
 at include a large number of members in the industrial base. The objective
  of these hubs\, called “lab to fab”\, is to speed up the transition o
 f microelectronics from research to prototyping to production\, and is foc
 used on strengthening the defense microelectronics industrial base.\n\nSpe
 aker(s): Dr. Clifford Lau\, \n\nRoom: Auditorium\, Bldg: Arlington Central
  Library\, 1015 North Quincy Street\, Arlington\, Virginia\, United States
 \, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/376101
LOCATION:Room: Auditorium\, Bldg: Arlington Central Library\, 1015 North Qu
 incy Street\, Arlington\, Virginia\, United States\, Virtual: https://even
 ts.vtools.ieee.org/m/376101
ORGANIZER:murtyp@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:35
SUMMARY:Defense Microelectronics Industrial Base
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/376101
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Semiconductor microelectronic chips are cr
 itical components in defense C4ISR and weapon systems.&nbsp\; Department o
 f Defense (DoD) needs to have an assured supply of advanced microcroelectr
 onic chips\, in peacetime and wartime.&nbsp\; Since DoD itself normally do
 es not make the chips\, DoD depends on the semiconductor industry to produ
 ce the needed chips.&nbsp\; DoD uses a variety of chips\, many are commerc
 ial-off-the-shelf (COTS) and some are classified and defense-unique chips.
 &nbsp\; The semiconductor industry\, although originally created by DoD\, 
 for several decades has gradually moved off-shore\, including fabrication\
 , testing\, and packaging.&nbsp\; The U.S. market share of global semicond
 uctor manufacturing capacity has fallen from about 38% in 1990 to 12% in 2
 020.&nbsp\; TSMC in Taiwan is the world&rsquo\;s largest semiconductor chi
 p manufacturer\, supplying 92% of worlds sub-nanometer advanced chips.&nbs
 p\; To bring semiconductor manufacturing back to the U.S.\,&nbsp\; Congres
 s passed the CHIPS and Science Act to reshore semiconductor manufacturing 
 to the U.S. The CHIPS Act authorizes more than $200B\, and immediately app
 ropriates $53.7B\,&nbsp\; in federal funding to promote domestic semicondu
 ctor manufacturing production\, DoD allocated $2B as a part of the CHIPS A
 ct.&nbsp\; DoD's Microelectronics Commons initiative selected eight region
 al innovations hubs that include a large number of members in the industri
 al base.&nbsp\; The objective of these hubs\, called &ldquo\;lab to fab&rd
 quo\;\, is to speed up the transition of microelectronics from research to
  prototyping to production\, and is focused on strengthening the defense m
 icroelectronics industrial base.</p>
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