Accelerating Semiconductor Research,
Accelerating America

The American Semiconductor Innovation Coalition (ASIC) represents 200 businesses, startups, universities, national labs, and nonprofits dedicated to bringing the best research and development to The National Semiconductor Technology Center and The National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program.

Global Chip Shortage

Semiconductors are part of the backbone of modern life. The ongoing shortage is disrupting supply chains, impacting consumers and businesses, and threatening national security. It exposes the lack of sustained domestic investment in the semiconductor industry and highlights the need for the U.S. to reinvest to guarantee a steady supply of chips and world leadership in chip research and development.  

 

The Vision for
The NSTC and NAPMP

 

To protect U.S. semiconductor leadership, manufacturing continually fueled by world-leading research and development is key. 

The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act’s (NDAA) call to create a National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) and a National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program (NAPMP) establishes a pathway for this urgent investment. It will uniquely accelerate the U.S. transformation into a secure semiconductor powerhouse.


ASIC – a broad coalition of businesses, universities, national labs, and nonprofits – has put forward a vision of a technology network, with hubs and geographically distributed centers of excellence, as the main technical driver of the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) and the National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program (NAPMP), supporting the research, development, prototyping, and manufacturing transfer goals of the NSTC and NAPMP and ensuring they are met. 

To reach that objective, the technology network must achieve the following:

INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM

Provide an innovation ecosystem for research, development, and prototyping with first-class resources, scientists, facilities, and partners who can work quickly and efficiently.

TECHNICAL AGENDA

Create and execute on an ambitious, but practical, technical agenda focused on the transition from innovation to commercialization.

EXPERIENCED WORKFORCE

Include teams experienced in taking discovery from “lab-to-fab.”

EXPANDED PRIOR INVESTMENT

Expand existing large piloting and prototype integration centers to leverage prior investment and hit the ground running on day one. 

IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE

Upgrade the infrastructure and programs at key universities, reducing the time for tech transfer and facilitating workforce investment.

START-UP SUPPORT  

Facilitate start-ups with access to prototyping facilities provided by the network.

Response to Department of Commerce Request for Information

The American Semiconductor Innovation Coalition (ASIC) with broad representation of industries, small companies, universities, colleges, consortia, and nonprofits, and with technical advice from national labs, offers responses to the Department of Commerce Request for Information 2022-01305. The key principles in the response outline critical aspects to bolster a robust domestic semiconductor supply chain that is achievable, scalable, and sustainable.

Coalition Members Include

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