Intel will use the funding for its commercial semiconductor manufacturing and packaging projects under construction in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio and Oregon.
At a 1,000-acre site in Ohio, Intel Corp. (No. 1) is building a pair of semiconductor fabrication plants, or fabs, that promise to be part of an influx of new domestic production of leading-edge chips.
Mechanical engineer, who designed early semiconductor and biotechnology facility clean rooms and related facilities and launched a consulting firm that was later sold to Ireland's largest
engineer and project manager, died on Jan. 4.
Officials attribute the rise in manufacturing construction spending to the CHIPS and Science Act and other legislation that has incentivized private investment.
The U.S. Commerce Dept. launched first funding opportunity for semiconductor chip producers seeking to build, expand or modernize plants using money from the Chips and Science Act.