CHIPS for America award will support critical research and development to drive U.S. leadership in semiconductor innovation, economic growth, and national security Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded Natcast up to $6.3 billion to operate the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) under a long-term agreement...

Proposed CHIPS Investments in Massachusetts, Oregon, Washington, Pennsylvania, and Texas, would Advance Key Semiconductor Technologies Capabilities to Support U.S. Economic and National Security Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the signing of four separate non-binding preliminary memoranda of terms (PMT) under the CHIPS and Science Act to provide up to $105 million in proposed...

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce has announced that CHIPS National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program (NAPMP) has finalized $1.4 billion in award funding to bolster U.S. leadership in advanced packaging and enable new technologies to be validated and transitioned at scale to U.S. manufacturing. These awards will help establish a self-sustaining, high-volume, domestic, advanced...

Since 2020, Congress, on a largely bipartisan basis and under two Presidents, has charged the U.S. Department of Commerce with implementing a series of historically significant pieces of legislation that greatly multiplied the department’s budgetary resources. The CARES Act (enacted in 2020), the American Rescue Plan (2021), the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (2021), the CHIPS and Science Act (2022...

NEWS On January 16, 2024, the Commerce Data Governance Board released Generative AI and Open Data: Guidelines and Best Practices . This guidance will support the Department of Commerce’s entities in the development of generative AI-ready open data assets. This guidance will be updated periodically. In late 2023, the Department of Commerce’s Commerce Data Governance Board launched the AI and Open...

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Fisheries issued a thorough, innovative report presenting our shared understanding of non-market policies and practices (NMPPs) of certain third-party countries that may distort critical mineral markets (“NMPP Report”). The NMPP Report marks an important milestone in the United States and Norway...

Today, the Department of Commerce Office of Space Commerce published a report on the department’s space commerce accomplishments under the Biden-Harris Administration. A message from Don Graves, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Under the Biden-Harris Administration, the Department of Commerce has taken many concrete actions to promote the growth and competitiveness of the U.S. commercial space sector...

Additional funding for the Tech Hubs program was made possible through the bipartisan FY25 NDAA passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden. WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced today that it plans to award approximately $210 million in implementation grants, ranging between approximately $22 million and $48 million, to...

Proposed CHIPS Investment Would Support Expansion and Modernization of MACOM’s Facilities in Massachusetts and North Carolina Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) with MACOM Technology Solutions Inc. (“MACOM”) to provide up to $70 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. The proposed CHIPS funding would support...