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WASHINGTON—April 15, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer applauding semiconductor manufacturing incentives announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce and Samsung. The incentives, which are part of the CHIPS and Science Act, will support Samsung’s manufacturing operations in Texas. The Commerce Department previously announced […]

WASHINGTON—April 8, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer applauding semiconductor manufacturing incentives announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce and TSMC. The incentives, which are part of the CHIPS and Science Act, will support TSMC’s new advanced manufacturing operations in Arizona. The Commerce Department […]

WASHINGTON—March 20, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer commending semiconductor manufacturing incentives announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce and Intel Corporation. The incentives, which are part of the CHIPS and Science Act, will support four Intel manufacturing projects in Arizona, Ohio, Oregon, and […]

WASHINGTON—March 7, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer regarding President Biden’s State of the Union address. “During tonight’s State of the Union address, President Biden highlighted the initial progress made in implementing the landmark CHIPS and Science Act, which is on track to greatly […]

WASHINGTON—Feb. 19, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer in response to the semiconductor manufacturing incentives announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce and GlobalFoundries. The incentives, which are part of the CHIPS and Science Act, will support three GlobalFoundries manufacturing projects in New York […]

Administration announces launch of National Semiconductor Technology Center as well as funding for chip workforce, other programs WASHINGTON—Feb. 9, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer commending the administration’s launch of over $5 billion in semiconductor R&D investments through the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), as […]

WASHINGTON—Jan. 31, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer commending House passage tonight of the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act. The legislation includes two provisions critical to the semiconductor industry: the restoration of immediate domestic R&D expensing and the United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax […]

WASHINGTON—Jan. 16, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer applauding the appointment of industry veteran Deirdre Hanford as CEO of the National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology (Natcast), the operator of the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) consortium. The NSTC is a critically important […]

WASHINGTON—Jan. 4, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer in response to the semiconductor manufacturing incentives announced today by the U.S. Department of Commerce and Microchip Technology. The incentives, which are part of the CHIPS and Science Act, will support Microchip’s manufacturing projects in Colorado […]

Commerce Department Announcement Marks Milestone in CHIPS Implementation WASHINGTON—Dec. 11, 2023—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer in response to the first semiconductor manufacturing incentives announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce as part of the CHIPS and Science Act. “Today’s announcement represents an important […]

WASHINGTON—Nov. 14, 2023— The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) today announced the recipients of the 2023 University Research Awards: Dr. Supriyo Datta, the Thomas Duncan Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, and Dr. Kevin Skadron, the Harry Douglas Forsyth Professor of Computer Science at the University of Virginia. SIA […]

by Erik Hadland, Director of Technology Policy

Advancing semiconductor research is essential to continued innovation in the chip industry and throughout our economy. As ever-shrinking semiconductor components face fundamental physical limits, next-gen breakthroughs are unachievable without major advancements. To help address this challenge, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) today unveiled the Microelectronics and Advanced Packaging (MAPT) Roadmap, which defines critical chip research priorities […]