{"674872":{"#nid":"674872","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Biden-Harris Administration Announces Preliminary Terms with Absolics to Support Development of Glass Substrate Technology for Semiconductor Advanced Packaging","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce and Absolics, an affiliate of the Korea-based SKC, have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms to provide up to $75 million in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to help advance U.S. technology leadership. The proposed investment would support the construction of a 120,000 square-foot facility in Covington, Georgia and the development of substrates technology for use in semiconductor advanced packaging. Started through a collaboration with the \u003Ca href=\u0022prc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E3D Packaging Research Center at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E, Absolics\u2019 project serves as an example of American lab-to-fab development and production.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Glass-core packaging holds the promise to revolutionize the field of advanced packaging and impact major paradigms such as artificial intelligence, mm-wave\/THz communication, and photonic connectivity,\u0022 said Muhannad Bakir, Dan Fielder Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer\u0026nbsp;Engineering and Director of the 3D Systems Packaging Research Center at Georgia Tech. \u0026nbsp;\u0022We look forward to supporting Absolics in establishing a glass-core packaging facility in the State of Georgia through workforce development initiatives.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause of President Biden\u2019s CHIPS and Science Act, this proposed investment would support over an estimated 1,000 construction jobs and approximately 200 manufacturing and R\u0026amp;D jobs in Covington and enhance innovation capacity at Georgia Institute of Technology, supporting the local semiconductor talent pipeline.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe proposed investment with Absolics is the first proposed CHIPS investment in a commercial facility supporting the semiconductor supply chain by manufacturing a new advanced material.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nist.gov\/news-events\/news\/2024\/05\/biden-harris-administration-announces-preliminary-terms-absolics-support\u0022\u003ERead the full story\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Proposed CHIPS Investment Would Support Construction of New Manufacturing Facility and Over 1,200 Jobs in Covington, Georgia"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProposed CHIPS Investment Would Support Construction of New Manufacturing Facility and Over 1,200 Jobs in Covington, Georgia\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Proposed CHIPS Investment Would Support Construction of New Manufacturing Facility and Over 1,200 Jobs in Covington, Georgia"}],"uid":"35272","created_gmt":"2024-05-23 14:12:58","changed_gmt":"2024-12-09 17:36:57","author":"aneumeister3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-05-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-05-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674063":{"id":"674063","type":"image","title":"AdobeStock_575964549.jpeg","body":null,"created":"1716473584","gmt_created":"2024-05-23 14:13:04","changed":"1716473584","gmt_changed":"2024-05-23 14:13:04","alt":"Semiconductor packaging","file":{"fid":"257532","name":"AdobeStock_575964549.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/05\/23\/AdobeStock_575964549.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/05\/23\/AdobeStock_575964549.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":156733,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/05\/23\/AdobeStock_575964549.jpeg?itok=fq781pMb"}}},"media_ids":["674063"],"groups":[{"id":"217141","name":"Georgia Tech Materials Institute"},{"id":"197261","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"660369","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"categories":[{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187433","name":"go-ien"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"186870","name":"go-imat"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"193652","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.neumeister@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Neumeister\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EResearch Communications Program Manager\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["aneumeister3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}