US Announces ASU Research Park As Planned Site For Third CHIPS For America R&D Flagship Facility

Arizona State University Research Park is selected as the planned site for America R&D Flagship Facility's Third CHIPS. The facility is expected to be an advanced packaging research facility and to host the first 300mm front-end semiconductor manufacturing.

Study in US: The Department of Commerce and Natcast US announced Arizona State University (ASU) Research Park as the expected location for the American Research and Development (R&D) facility's third flagship CHIPS. This new facility is expected to be functional in 2028. It is expected that it will play a significant role in driving US leadership in economic growth, semiconductor innovation, and national security.

US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo commented, "A strong research and development ecosystem is essential to ensuring the United States remains at the forefront of semiconductor innovation. Arizona has long been a hub for technological progress, and this new facility will strengthen our domestic supply chain, drive advanced manufacturing breakthroughs, and secure America’s leadership in this critical industry. Thanks to the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, combined with the other two CHIPS for America R&D flagship facilities, we will help bring American innovations to the global market, further securing our national and economic security."

“Thanks to the bipartisan CHIPS and Science act, we are investing at historic levels in the technologies of both today and tomorrow. Today’s announcement with ASU ensures the United States will continue to be a leader in research and development and win the future by investing in skilled workers, moonshot technologies, and the advancements needed to stay ahead in critical industries, such as AI,” said White House Deputy Chief of Staff Natalie Quillian.

Arizona To Be National Hub, ASU To Be Centre Of Hub

ASU President Michael Crow commented, “This is the largest of three CHIPS R&D flagship facilities being launched that together represent the greatest national laboratory investments since those that came out of the Manhattan Project. The CHIPS R&D project will create a national lab that will be the final piece in a semiconductor supply chain that serves the nation with research and development, manufacturing and workforce development all right here in Arizona. You’ll have all three things together in the same place to help the nation; Arizona will be the hub nationally — and ASU is at the center of the hub,” Crow said.

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