NIST announces preliminary terms with MACOM to strengthen supply chain resilience for U.S. Defense and telecommunications industriesNIST announces preliminary terms with MACOM to strengthen supply chain resilience for U.S. Defense and telecommunications industries

Proposed CHIPS investment would support expansion and modernization of MACOM's facilities in Massachusetts and North Carolina. #pressrelease

January 14, 2025

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Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) with MACOM Technology Solutions Inc. ("MACOM") to provide up to $70 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. The proposed CHIPS funding would support the expansion and modernization of MACOM's facilities in Lowell, Massachusetts, and Durham, North Carolina, and would create up to 350 manufacturing jobs and nearly 60 construction jobs across both states.

Both of MACOM's facilities that would be supported by the proposed CHIPS investment are Category 1A Trusted Foundries with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and produce compound semiconductors that are important to the proper functioning of defense systems operating at high frequencies, including airborne and ground-based radar systems, as well as commercial applications such as telecommunications. The proposed projects would increase production of existing 100mm Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) semiconductor fabrication and introduce production of 150mm GaN. The added manufacturing capacity supported by this proposed investment would also help support the future DoD and industrial base demand for Radio Frequency (RF) and microwave GaN technology can be satisfied domestically.

Read the full press release here.

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