54 SMT007 MAGAZINE I APRIL 2022
Broad Coalition Urges Congress to
Fund CHIPS Act, Enact Strengthened
FABS Act E
The Semiconductor Industr y Association
(SIA)—along with a broad coalition of 20
other tech, auto, medical, defense, and
other business and labor groups—in a letter
urged Congress to immediately enact $52 bil-
lion to fund the CHIPS Act and to enact a
strengthened FABS Act to bolster domestic
semiconductor research, design, and manufac-
turing.
SEMI Survey Highlights U.S. Chip
Industry Competitiveness,
Government Investment E
SEMI, the industry association representing
the global electronics design and manufactur-
ing supply chain, released the results of a sur-
vey of more than 400 U.S. member companies
that highlight challenges facing the semicon-
ductor industry.
Siemens Investing $54M in Its U.S.
Manufacturing Footprint to Support
National Infrastructure Projects E
Siemens joins President Biden at the White
House to announce it will invest $54 million
across key U.S. manufacturing facilities that
serve critical infrastructure markets.
Keysight, Samsung Sign MoU to
Advance Research & Development
of 6G Technology E
Keysight Technologies, Inc., announced that
the company has signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with Samsung Research
to advance research and development of 6G
technology, the next generation of wireless
communication.
Foxconn Partners With, Invests in
XRSPACE to Create Global Metaverse
Ecosystem E
Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), a global
leader in smart manufacturing, announced the
signing of a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with XRSPACE, the company pio-
neering the next generation of visual reality
through VR in the metaverse.
Database Now Tracks Integrated Device
Manufacturers, 475 Facilities E
SEMI and TechSearch International announced
a new edition of the Worldwide Assembly &
Test Facility Database offering significantly
expanded coverage that now includes inte-
grated device manufacturer (IDM) facilities.
Intel Advances AI Inferencing
for Developers E
Since OpenVINO launched in 2018, Intel has
enabled hundreds of thousands of developers
to dramatically accelerate AI inferencing per-
formance, starting at the edge and extending to
the enterprise and the client.
Portable Generator Powers Small
Safety Devices E
A new, stick-like, water-based device can con-
vert energy from movement into electricity.
e technology, which was reported in the
journal Science and Technology of Advanced
Materials, could be used to power portable
devices, such as safety lights.
