News Coverage

Qblox's decision to open its North American headquarters in downtown Boston prompted the Boston Business Journal to underscore MassTech's role in building the state's quantum ecosystem. This article covered statewide investments totaling $86.6 million in quantum and quantum-related projects, including a 2022 $3.5 million investment in Northeastern University.

The University of South Carolina highlighted that electrical engineering professor Asif Khan's research team has been invited to join the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC), collaborating on a NEMC-awarded gallium nitride commercialization project led by Analog Devices. Khan's group, one of just two organizations in the world with lead expertise in gallium-aluminum-nitride chips, is building out industrial-scale manufacturing infrastructure to support the project.

Semiconductor Today highlighted a $3.4 million Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub investment in the Vermont Gallium Nitride (V-GaN) Tech Hub to establish a first-of-its-kind publicly accessible testing and characterization laboratory for high-power and high-frequency V-GaN and wide-bandgap devices.

Electronic Specifier published a press release announcing the successful launch of the $10 million Supporting Chip Advancement from Lab to Enterprise (SCALE) Capital program.

Silicon Semiconductor reported on the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition's (NEMC) launch of its third Powering Regional Opportunities for Prototyping Microelectronics (PROPEL) funding initiative, which offers up to $4 million in grant funding to support manufacturing and operations activities at microelectronics companies. NEMC Director Mark Halfman highlighted the program's role in bridging the lab-to-fab gap for startups.

The Boston Globe covered Governor Maura Healey's announcement of a $25-million state investment to help the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) build the Quantum Systems Laboratory in Cambridge. The article mentions The Open Accelerator, a strategic initiative designed in collaboration with the Massachusetts AI Hub (MA AI Hub), IBM and Red Hat.

The Boston Globe covered Governor Maura Healey's announcement of a $25-million state investment to help the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) build the Quantum Systems Laboratory in Cambridge. The article mentions The Open Accelerator, a strategic initiative designed in collaboration with the Massachusetts AI Hub (MA AI Hub), IBM and Red Hat.

Government Technology featured the Massachusetts Broadband Institute’s (MBI) $22 million Residential Retrofit Program grant announcement in its weekly digital equity report, quoting MBI Director Michael Baldino describing the program as an "ambitious effort."

Commercial Baking profiled Walpole-based Fancypants Baking Co. spotlighted the company’s $200,000 Massachusetts Manufacturing Accelerator Program (MMAP) grant from the Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM) to purchase equipment that will double the speed of its packaging line and expand production capabilities.

Commercial Baking profiled Walpole-based Fancypants Baking Co. spotlighted the company’s $200,000 Massachusetts Manufacturing Accelerator Program (MMAP) grant from the Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM) to purchase equipment that will double the speed of its packaging line and expand production capabilities.