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A Semiconductor Digest article covered the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition's (NEMC) distribution of $1.37 million to 10 semiconductor firms through its Powering Regional Opportunities for Prototyping Microelectronics (PROPEL) program, which will help companies reduce product development and related costs.

The Quantum Computing Report featured the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition's (NEMC) investment in Bridgewater State University's photonics and quantum research hub, the Visible Spectrum Characterization and Packaging Hub (VISPACK). The $1.1 million equipment grant came from the Healey-Driscoll Administration and NEMC.

Today, the Healey-Driscoll administration and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s (MassTech) Innovation Institute announced more than $16.3 million and designated 14 regions across Massachusetts as official TechHubs through the Massachusetts (MA) TechHubs Program.

As hundreds of the state’s top business, academic and nonprofit leaders gathered, Women’s Edge and The Boston Globe named Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech) CEO Carolyn Kirk No. 76 in the 2025 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts.

The Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub announced $1,371,688 in awards to 10 small businesses and startups through its Powering Regional Opportunities for Prototyping Microelectronics (PROPEL) Program.

Semiconductor Digest spotlighted the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition's (NEMC) launch of the Preparing Our Workforce for microElectronics Resiliency (POWER) program, a $1.2 million workforce initiative designed to train and upskill semiconductor manufacturing talent across the Northeast.

The Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub has launched the POWER Program, a $1.2 million initiative to advance education, training programs and workforce development throughout the Northeast.

Boston University's Center for Information and Systems Engineering detailed BU Assistant Professor Rabia Yazicigil's role in a $6 million first-year grant from the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) to advance 5G and 6G wireless communications. Yazicigil collaborates with researchers from MIT and Northeastern University, as well as industry partners including Sivers Semiconductors, Ericsson and Raytheon, to develop next-generation universal decoder chips using the Guessing Random Additive Noise Decoding (GRAND) approach.

The Healey-Driscoll Administration and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s (MassTech) Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM) announced today $7,329,798 in grant awards to 13 manufacturers across the state.

Northeastern University's College of Engineering reported that ECE Associate Professor Xiaolin Xu and collaborators at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, UMass Amherst and Synopsys Inc. received a $236,226 grant through the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition's (NEMC) SCALE Capital program. The multi-institutional "SAIL" project focuses on securing AI chips and hardware design automation for trusted hardware.