40 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I OCTOBER 2022
Will Marsh: CHIPS Act Update E
Nolan Johnson reconnects with PCBAA Presi-
dent Will Marsh, who brings him up to speed
on the initial stages of implementation and
administration, and provides more insight
on the Supporting American Printed Circuit
Boards Act of 2022.
A Deeper Look at the CHIPS Act
Investment E
In this interview with Chris Peters at U.S.
Partnership for Assured Electronics (USPAE),
Nolan Johnson seeks for better understand-
ing regarding the implications of funding the
CHIPS Act. Frankly, where and how will the
$52 billion be spent? Who will decide how the
funds are allocated?
North American PCB Industry Sales Up
15.1% in August E
IPC announced the August 2022 findings from
its North American Printed Circuit Board
(PCB) Statistical Program. e book-to-bill
ratio stands at 0.98.
IPC APEX EXPO 2023 Offers
New Courses, New Instructors,
and IPC E-Textiles E
Registration is now open for IPC APEX EXPO
2023, to be held at the San Diego Convention
Center in San Diego, Calif., Jan. 21–26, 2023.
Boeing Invests $5M in Advanced
Manufacturing Innovation Center E
Boeing announced it is investing $5 million
to help expand the Advanced Manufacturing
Innovation Center in St. Louis. e invest-
ment will help fund a state-of-the-art advanced
manufacturing facility and grow the region's
talent pipeline and technical and manufactur-
ing abilities.
Electronics Industry Calls for
U.S. Presidential Determination
on Key Components Under
Defense Production Act E
e electronics industry is calling on U.S. Pres-
ident Joe Biden to address urgent industrial
base vulnerabilities and deliver on the prom-
ise of the CHIPS Act by prioritizing domes-
tic development of printed circuit boards and
integrated circuit substrates under Title III of
the Defense Production Act.
Designing Through Supply Chain Pain E
Engineers are accustomed to the demanding
challenges of designing for miniaturization,
cost reduction, cross platform compatibility,
and harsh environments. What has proven to
be the most painful experience of my career
(and for many of my colleagues) is the sheer
lack of components from which to build our
designs.
CAES Wins Contracts for Development
of Next-Generation, Octa-Core,
User-Selectable CPU for Space E
CAES, a leader in advanced mission-criti-
cal electronics for aerospace and defence,
announced that it has won multiple contracts
with the European Space Agency (ESA)
for the development of the GR765 System-
on-Chip (SOC), the first user selectable CPU
for space.
