World Region – America

Vietnam could receive money from the US Chips and Science Act, according to  Jose Fernandez, U.S. undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment. Under the Act, $500 million has been earmarked for  improving semiconductor training, cybersecurity and business climates globally, said Fernandez on a trip to the country reported by the Nikkei. Seven countries have been tagged ...

Intelsat has completed its C-band frequency clearing process for which it will receive nearly $3.7 billion in payment from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The commission had set deadline stages to clear the spectrum, but had also offered landmark incentive payments to satellite operators. These were to clear the mid-range (3.7 – 3.82 GHz) of the frequency (3.4 – ...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has opened its Extreme Computing centre, as a component of national defence research – with a focus on quantum computing. Described as a state-of-the-art facility, it is located in the organisation’s Information Directorate in Rome, New York – one of the country’s premier military research facilities. The stated aim is to help provide ...

Amazon has announced – for its Project Kuiper satellite constellation – that construction is underway on a new satellite-processing facility at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center. A constellation of over 3,200 LEO satellites is planned to planned to provide global broadband services. The location at the Kennedy Space Center will be used to prepare and ...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has selected a joint research team from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as the Phase I winner of its recent Grand Challenge. The competition, to give its full name, is Active Artificial Intelligence, or AI, Planners for Chemistry/Materials Optimization and Discovery Grand Challenge. The idea was ...

Colombia is a country with an ever-growing entrepreneurship – and innovation-oriented culture; something that’s clearly showcased by the 310 thousand new businesses created in 2022, out of which 309 thousand were microbusinesses. Their leading attribute is their human capital: professionals across the country’s regions who are highly qualified in all Industries 4.0 sectors and who are at clients’ complete disposal ...

Rules proposing how Chips Act money will come with ‘guardrails’ to stop its benefits reaching ‘adversarial’ countries, were announced by the US Department of Commerce yesterday. The DoC will now allow 60 days for comments on the proposed rules. “The innovation and technology funded in the CHIPS Act is how we plan to expand the technological and national security advantages ...

Texas Instruments is to build its next 300mm wafer analogue and embedded processor fab in Utah, next to its existing 300mm fab in the town of Lehi. Once completed, the Lehi fabs will operate as a single unit. “This new fab is part of our long-term, 300mm manufacturing roadmap,” TI COO Haviv Ilan. “With the anticipated growth of semiconductors in ...

This is the year the US government is expected to start dispensing the $250 billion of Chips Act money. More than a dozen states are working on incentive packages with tax credits, zoning changes and cuts to red tape, says the SIA, with $187 billion announced projects for new or expanded semiconductor facilities in 16 states that would create over ...

The US is about to impose a ban on the selling of EDA software for ICs based on gate all-around transistors, reports the Protocol web-site. US President Joe Biden is said to have OK’d the ban which is with the Office of Management and Budget while details are completed. Suppliers of the software include Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens. Already the US ...