Purdue undergraduate engineer Hannah Pike and SCALE Director Peter Bermel perform infrared measurements on
microelectronics to measure their durability. (Photo credit: Charles Jischke/Purdue.)
President Joe Biden speaks to employees at a Lockheed Martin facility which manufactures weapon systems such as Javelin anti-tank missiles, on May 3, 2022 in Troy, Alabama. (Photo by Julie Bennett/Getty Images)
The CHIPS Act is intended to boost domestic production of semiconductors that are critical for U.S. military systems and a wide variety of commercial products.
The DOD wants to create a Microelectronics Commons to kickstart the domestic development of the chips it uses for critical technologies and weapons systems.