The Biden administration will provide about $285 million in funding from the CHIPS for America Program for digital twin development and research in the semiconductor industry, the Department of Commerce and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). announced Monday.
The latest funding opportunity announcement is part of the US effort to increase domestic semiconductor production.
The funding will go toward establishing and operating a CHIPS Manufacturing USA Institute that will focus on digital twins for the semiconductor industry.
A digital twin can exist in the cloud and create opportunities to accelerate innovation and reduce research and development costs. It can also leverage emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence to accelerate chip development design, the government said in the announcement.
This new Manufacturing USA institute will not only help make America a leader in developing this new technology for the semiconductor industry, but will also help train the next generation of American workers and researchers to use digital twins for future advances in R&D and production of chips. ,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a statement.
NIST Director Laurie E. Locascio said in a statement that digital twin technology will help “transform the semiconductor industry.”
This is an excellent example of how CHIPS for America is bringing together research institutions and industry partners in public-private partnerships to enable the rapid adoption of innovations that will increase national competitiveness for decades to come,” added Locascio.
The CHIPS Manufacturing USA Program will host a one-day hybrid meeting for potential funding applications next Thursday.
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