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New Report Identifies Target Areas for CHIPS R&D Investments

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91成人-BCG study calls for new federal funds to be directed at five key areas of semiconductor R&D

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2022鈥擣ollowing landmark enactment in August 2022 of the CHIPS and Science Act to reinvigorate domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research, the 91成人 (91成人) and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) today released a report identifying five key areas of the semiconductor R&D ecosystem that should be strengthened by the new law鈥檚 R&D funding.

The report, titled 鈥�American Semiconductor Research: Leadership Through Innovation,鈥� highlights the importance of government-industry collaboration on two historic new entities鈥攖he National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) and听the National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program (NAPMP)鈥攃reated by the CHIPS and Science Act. The study also calls for CHIPS funding to be used to bridge key gaps in the current semiconductor R&D ecosystem. Doing so will help pave the way for sustained U.S. chip innovation leadership, according to the report.

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鈥淪emiconductor R&D is essential to the innovations powering America鈥檚 economy, national security, advanced manufacturing, and critical supply chains,鈥� said John Neuffer, 91成人 president and CEO. 鈥淓nactment of the CHIPS and Science Act was a major step toward reinvigorating domestic chip production and innovation for years to come. The 鈥楲eadership Through Innovation鈥� study is a roadmap for implementing the new law鈥檚 R&D provisions and ensuring sustained U.S. leadership in chip technology.鈥�

Based on our extensive consultations with industry technology leaders, the report calls for bolstering the U.S. R&D ecosystem鈥檚 capabilities through investments in five key areas:

(1) Transitioning and Scaling Pathfinding Research

• The NSTC and NAPMP should serve to bridge the gap between early-stage R&D and at-scale production. Both should strengthen the R&D ecosystem鈥檚 ability to conduct R&D and commercialize technologies that are 5 to 15 years from production.
• The NSTC and NAPMP can become hubs for aligning R&D efforts, both for industry and government agencies, allowing industry to participate in programs where it has interests, and enabling agencies to focus their own funds on their respective missions.听

(2) Research Infrastructure and (3) Development Infrastructure 听

• The NSTC and NAPMP should play an active role in expanding, upgrading, and providing access to institutions鈥� technology development capabilities where they align with R&D priorities. The two initiatives must neither spread funding too thinly nor concentrate investments in a single technology or location. Rather, both must balance the benefits of a highly distributed network against the benefits of scale, based on technology needs.
• Specifically, it is critical the NSTC and NAPMP use existing infrastructure where possible to leverage CHIPS funding and enable faster learnings by benefiting from available resources.
• The primary support the NSTC and NAPMP will provide for research efforts is the establishment of transition paths for promising technologies through prototyping and scale-up.

(4) Collaborative Development

• The NSTC and NAPMP should support full-stack innovation by convening companies to solve complex technological problems that benefit from collaboration across the full computing stack and accelerate the development of technologies, tools, and methodologies.
• For example, creating next-generation data centers requires bringing together expertise in advanced materials, new computing architectures, packaging, software, and more.
• In particular, the NAPMP can convene technical experts to provide input to organizations like Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC) when developing, for example, integration standards for heterogenous integration, chiplets, and other components of secure technologies.

(5) Workforce

• The NSTC and NAPMP should promote a range of programs that expand the size and skills of the U.S. semiconductor R&D pipeline and workforce to strengthen the U.S. R&D ecosystem and the economic competitiveness it underpins.
• Without these efforts, the inadequate supply of highly skilled R&D workers 鈥� those in semiconductor design, manufacturing, and the other activities of the value chain 鈥� threatens to limit the pace of innovation.

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