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CHIPS for America 

Research and Development Updates

Lora Weiss

Director, CHIPS R&D Office

October 24, 2023
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CHIPS R&D

Vision

A vibrant and self-sustaining U.S. domestic semiconductor 

ecosystem that revitalizes American manufacturing, grows a 

skilled and diverse workforce, and leads the world in 

semiconductor research and innovation.

Mission

Accelerate the development and commercial deployment of 

foundational semiconductor technologies by establishing, 

connecting, and providing access to domestic tools, 

resources, workers, and facilities.
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Vision for Success in 2030

U.S. Technology 

Leadership

Robust Semiconductor 

Workforce

Accelerated Ideas 

to Market

The United States establishes the 

capacity to invent, develop, 

prototype, and deploy the 

foundational semiconductor 

technologies of the future.

Inventors, designers, researchers, 

developers, engineers, technicians, 

and staff meet evolving domestic 

government and commercial-sector 

needs.

The best ideas achieve 

commercial scale as 

quickly and cost 

effectively as possible.
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CHIPS R&D Programs

National Semiconductor 

Technology Center

National Advanced 

Packaging Manufacturing 

Program

Manufacturing USA 

institutes 

(up to three)

Metrology Program

Workforce Development
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CHIPS R&D Timeline

NSTC

NAPMP

Manufacturing 

USA institute(s)

Metrology

SUMMER 2023 FALL 2023 WINTER 2023/2024

Establish NSTC

NAPMP vision and strategy

Announce selected topic(s)

2 Grand Challenges Funded

RFI summary 

published

Metrology gaps 

report published

Selection Committee 

identifies Board of Trustees

SPRING 2023

Vision/strategy 

paper published

Standards Interagency Semiconductor 

Standards Group 

Standards Summit
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Update: Leadership Team

Eric Lin, Deputy Director Neil Alderoty, Executive 

Officer

Richard-Duane 

Chambers, Associate 

Director for Integration 

and Policy

Marla Dowell, Director, 

CHIPS R&D Metrology 

Program

Subramanian Iyer, 

Director, National 

Advanced Packaging 

Manufacturing Program

Jay Lewis, Director, 

National Semiconductor 

Technology Center
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Update: NSTC Board of Trustees

Selection Committee

• Janet Foutty

• John Hennessy

• Jason Matheny

• Donald Rosenberg

• Brenda Wilkerson

Inaugural Board of Trustees

• Robin Abrams (past CEO Firefly Comm, VeriFone)

• Craig R. Barrett (retired CEO and chairman, Intel)

• Reggie Brothers (principal MIT Lincoln Labs)

• Nick Donofrio (44-yrs IBM, led technology, innov strategy)

• Donna Dubinsky (past CEO Palm Computing)

• Erica Fuchs (Professor, eng. and public policy, CMU)

• Jim Plummer (Professor, Past Dean Eng., Stanford)
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Update: Standards Summit

Goals: • Establish the CHIPS R&D standards effort as a partnership with industry & SDOs

• Identify top standards priorities for the semiconductor community

Logistics: • Sept. 26-27 in Washington DC

• Hybrid in-person (221 attendees) and virtual (409 attendees) event

Agenda: • Four topics:

1) Standards priorities 2) Standards innovation, including incubators and accelerators

3) Diverse standards-capable workforce 4) Pre-standards research

Co-Hosts: • 7 industry non-profit standards organizations/consortia, comprising > 4,000 corporate members:

• Two interagency groups representing over 30 Federal agencies:

Outcomes: • Shared community standards goals

• Foundations for community collaboration: CHIPS Standards Public Working Group & SDO Alliance

• Aligned with National Strategy for Standards and Critical and Emerging Technologies (NSSCET)
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Next: IAC Meeting (November 8, 2023)

Virtual Meeting

Responses to previous recommendations

New recommendations to CHIPS R&D

IAC membership updates
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Thank you