On January 16, 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 with NIST.

Apr 24, 2023 · This paper outlines the strategy, capabilities, and resources envisioned for the NSTC by the Department of Commerce. First, it outlines the NSTC’s mission and goals, then identifies how the NSTC relates to other CHIPS-focused programs within the Department and across the federal government.

The National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) is a public-private consortium dedicated to semiconductor research and development in the United States. Natcast is the operator of the NSTC.

A public-private consortium, the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) is where members will have access to facilities, partners, and additional funding opportunities to research, test, investment fund, and scale-up semiconductor technologies and workforce activities.

The U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday announced it finalized agreements with ASU and plans to award the university with $1.1 billion to support the NSTC Prototyping and NAPMP Advanced Packaging Piloting Facility and $100 million for the SHIELD USA initiative.

The joint research team successfully developed a method to synthesize wafer-scale and single-crystal BN, which may be applied toward the fabrication of advanced logic integrated circuits. This outstanding fundamental research result was published in the top journal Nature in March 2020.

NSTC-sponsored multi-project wafer programs could be used to grow an expansive library of interoperable chiplets that can be integrated with custom chiplets to demonstrate innovations with reduced investment and time.

Apr 16, 2021 · The federal government is getting behind the push to establish more wafer fabrication facilities in the United States, which started with the Pentagon for mil-spec devices and is now spreading to other semiconductor-based applications that support national security.

Jan 17, 2025 · Earlier this month, the Department of Commerce announced that Arizona State University will host the third and final flagship research and development (R&D) facility as part of the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) – a public-private consortium dedicated to accelerating innovations in semiconductor technology.

Jul 11, 2024 · Invest in U.S. production of strategically important semiconductor chips, and assure a sufficient, sustainable, and secure supply of older and current generation chips for national security purposes and for critical manufacturing industries.