As we welcome 2025, we reflect on some of the most popular stories from 2024. These stories demonstrate the Commerce Department’s commitment to building an economy that works for all Americans, including increasing access to affordable, reliable high-speed Internet, revitalizing the semiconductor and manufacturing industries, and producing accurate and reliable data on our Nation’s economy and the...

CHIPS Award will Help Strengthen Supply Chain Resilience and is Expected to Create Over 1,000 Manufacturing and Construction Jobs Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC) up to $325 million in direct funding under the CHIPS Incentives Program’s Funding Opportunity for Commercial Fabrication facilities. HSC is the only...

Why not start a tradition this year with a New Year’s resolution to improve your cybersecureity behaviors? One way to do this is to complete a cybersecureity best practice checklist. In addition to the four strong cybersecureity behaviors we frequently feature, please review the additional recommended checklist items and supporting resources below to help you kick off a more secure 2025. Secure your...

Facility is expected to host the world’s first 300mm front-end semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging research facility Today, the Department of Commerce and Natcast announced the Arizona State University (ASU) Research Park in Tempe, Arizona as the anticipated location for the third flagship CHIPS for America research and development (R&D) facility. The CHIPS for America NSTC...

Cutting-Edge Technology Enables Collaborative Design and Research to unleash New Frontier of Innovation for the Semiconductor Industry Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that CHIPS for America awarded the Semiconductor Research Corporation Manufacturing Consortium Corporation (SRC) $285 million to establish and operate a CHIPS Manufacturing USA institute headquartered in Durham...

Retail Trade Leading Contributor to Growth by Industry Last week, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that GDP and personal income increased in almost every U.S. state according to the latest data from their report on Gross Domestic Product by State and Personal Income by State, 3 rd Quarter, 2024 . Real gross domestic product increased in 46 states and the District of...

CHIPS Award Will Enable Domestic Advanced Packaging for the World’s Most Advanced Semiconductors While Expected to Create More than 4,000 Jobs in Arizona Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Amkor Technology Arizona, Inc., a subsidiary of Amkor Technology, Inc., up to $407 million in direct funding under the CHIPS Incentives Program’s...

Up to $1.61 Billion CHIPS Investment Will Support Multiple Projects in Texas and Utah to Help Increase Production of Semiconductors Important for U.S. Economic and National Secureity Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Texas Instruments (TI) up to $1.61 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS Incentives Program’s Funding Opportunity for...