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    Retired Army Materiel Command Leader Edward Daly to Join SkyWater Board

    Edward Daly, a retired four-star general in the U.S. Army, will join the board of directors of semiconductor manufacturer SkyWater Technology on Oct. 1. The former commanding general of the Army Materiel Command brings to SkyWater nearly four decades of experience in serving the military and most recently leading a command responsible for logistics, sustainment/materiel […] More

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    SkyWater, Partners Finish Initial Phase of Silicon Interposer Development Program

    SkyWater Technology has completed the first phase of a manufacturing capability for silicon bridge interposers with its partner Bridg, a nonprofit developer of microelectronics, and the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre. The development initiative is part of the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program funded by the Department of Defense, SkyWater said Thursday. The new baseline fabrication […] More

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    SkyWater Gets DOD Funds for Expanded Rad-Hard Tech Development; CAES’ Mike Kahn Quoted

    SkyWater Technology has received a $12 million investment from the Department of Defense to support the intellectual property expansion of its 90-nanometer radiation-hardened manufacturing process. The investment is part of an initial $27 million DOD funding awarded as an other transactional agreement option, the company said Wednesday. IP ecosystem design and validation for the rad-hard […] More

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    Google, NIST Sign Chip R&D Cooperation Agreement; Laurie Locascio Quoted

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has teamed up with Google to create a new suite of chips designed to help researchers and technology startups measure the performance of artificial intelligence memory devices. Under a cooperative research and development agreement, Google will shoulder the initial cost of constructing and operating a production facility while […] More

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    SkyWater, Google Partner to Release Open Source Silicon Development Tool

    SkyWater Technology is collaborating with Google‘s public sector arm to provide an open source capability for the former’s 90-nanometer fully depleted silicon on insulator complementary metal-oxide semiconductor process technology. The company said Thursday it secured $15 million in funding from the Department of Defense to release a new commercial SKY90-FD open source chip design offering […] More

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    SkyWater to Build $1.8B Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility at Purdue University

    Semiconductor manufacturer SkyWater Technology will establish a $1.8 billion research, development and production facility in Indiana as part of a private-public partnership with the state and Purdue University. The semiconductor manufacturing facility is planned to address global microelectronics shortages, advance domestic energy and utility supply chains and create job opportunities for local workers, the company […] More