News Coverage

Electronics For You reported on the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition's (NEMC) distribution of $1.43 million in Powering Regional Opportunities for Prototyping Microelectronics (PROPEL) Manufacturing Program awards to 19 semiconductor startups. The funds will help companies reduce operational costs and scale innovative projects, including 3D nanofabrication, electrostatic actuators and silicon-based X-ray sources.

Semiconductor Today covered the U.S. Department of Defense announcement of $160 million in microelectronics awards, including $18.7 million to the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC).

The U.S. Department of Defense announced an additional $160 million in CHIPS and Science Act funding through the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) and other regional hubs to advance microelectronics capabilities.

Semiconductor Engineering examined how the CHIPS and Science Act's funding is energizing the U.S. semiconductor industry. The article lists several Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) investments, which support startups, infrastructure and workforce development in the microelectronics industry.

Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) Magazine reported that Sivers Semiconductors secured $5.6 million in CHIPS and Science Act funding through the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) for development of electronic warfare and 5G/6G chip technologies.

Sivers Semiconductors announced its $5.6 million award from the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) to develop full-duplex arrays for electronic warfare applications and support collaborations with industry-leading partners such as BAE Systems.

MIT News covered $38 million in project awards through the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) to support six collaborative projects, including four involving the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Lincoln Laboratory. The projects span areas including AI hardware and 5G/6G research.

Microwave Journal covered a $6 million award to Sivers Semiconductors from the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) to advance the development of frequency range 3 (FR3) frequencies, the next frontier of 5G and 6G networks.

UMass Amherst received $7.9 million from the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) to advance memristor-based research, which will lead to more power-efficient artificial intelligence hardware. The project funds collaborations between local colleges and large-scale industrial players.

Pulse2 reported on the U.S. Department of Defense announcement of $269 million in first-round Microelectronics Commons project awards to support the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) and other regional hubs. The awards will support prototype projects across six technical areas, including 5G/6G, artificial intelligence hardware, commercial leap ahead, electromagnetic warfare, internet of things computing and quantum technologies.