Wednesday, April 26th 2023
US Government Announces the National Semiconductor Technology Center
As a part of the CHIPS act, the US government has announced that it will set up a network for advanced chip design that goes under the name of the National Semiconductor Technology Center or NSTC. The NSTC is intended to help the US pull ahead of other nations when it comes to advanced chip design, but it's also meant to help reduce the time and maybe more importantly the cost of going from a design concept to a final commercial product. A big part of this is said to be about helping startups and entrepreneurs make prototypes and pilot runs, to enable them to bring proof of concepts to the market, so they can raise funds for a full production run.
However, it doesn't stop there, as the US government also wants the NSTC to help build and sustain a suitable workforce for the semiconductor industry, suggesting that the NSTC will be involved in academia as well as the industry itself. The NSTC is backed by the Commerce Department and it's expected to involve multiple locations nationwide, although at this point in time, it's not clear if this involves new locations outside of areas where the US based semiconductor industry is located today. Even the NSTC headquarter location has as yet to be decided, but its location alongside other sites are said to be worked out over the next few months. Time will tell if the NSTC will help bring change to the US semiconductor industry, but it seems like a step in the right direction.
Sources:
Bloomberg, Secretary Gina Raimondo
However, it doesn't stop there, as the US government also wants the NSTC to help build and sustain a suitable workforce for the semiconductor industry, suggesting that the NSTC will be involved in academia as well as the industry itself. The NSTC is backed by the Commerce Department and it's expected to involve multiple locations nationwide, although at this point in time, it's not clear if this involves new locations outside of areas where the US based semiconductor industry is located today. Even the NSTC headquarter location has as yet to be decided, but its location alongside other sites are said to be worked out over the next few months. Time will tell if the NSTC will help bring change to the US semiconductor industry, but it seems like a step in the right direction.
16 Comments on US Government Announces the National Semiconductor Technology Center
I don't see much to make fun of here, other than if you want to be partisan.
Lmao, no. They'll use this to ensure they're unquestionably the rulers and to find and destroy any political dissidents that threaten their control over a sinking ship, public be damned.
There are plenty of issues with the Intel ME and AMD PSP but the government backdoor angle has never been proven. Theres been a lot of looking for it on the ME too.
Similar to how it (used to) work with experimental vaccines, lol
And honestly no, science is universal, and the burden of proof is always on the claimant.Still does but this is massively OT and I won't be baited there further.
Hold on, let me go out on a limb: every time someone talks about getting a Chinese phone (Huawei, Xiaomi, etc), you're the first to get on here and talk about how they all have backdoors and how China's gonna spy on you, right? Or are Chinese phones safe to use?
Oh, and just so we're clear to any lurkers in this thread:This is absolutely not how it works. Literally the opposite of how it works. Lmao, christ.
It's philosophy but it applies to science. As you clearly have no idea what you are talking about I'm going to consider this discussion a dead end. It is somewhat laughable to see Why_Me agreeing with you, though. It shows a lot that he's clearly in with the anti-science ideology.I haven't studied it enough to be sure like the Intel ME, so no claims either way, but I'd certainly say an ounce of caution never hurts.