Commerce seeks comment on crafting incentive program for domestic semiconductor manufacturing

The Commerce Department, with an assist from NIST, is getting to work on designing programs to implement the CHIPS Act, a law intended to incentivize domestic semiconductor production as a component of national and economic security.

“The Department of Commerce (Department), with the assistance of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is seeking information in order to inform the planning and design of potential programs to: Incentivize investment in semiconductor manufacturing facilities and associated ecosystems; provide for shared...