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WASHINGTON—Dec. 10, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer applauding the U.S. Department of Commerce and Micron for finalizing semiconductor manufacturing incentives for new projects in Boise, Idaho and Clay, New York, as well as announcing new incentives for Micron’s planned expansion in Manassas, Virginia. The final incentives, part […]

WASHINGTON—Dec. 6, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer applauding CHIPS and Science Act manufacturing investments announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Coherent, SkyWater Technology, and X-FAB. The Coherent project in Sherman, TX will expand production of indium phosphide wafers. The SkyWater Technology project […]

WASHINGTON—Dec. 5, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer commending finalization of CHIPS and Science Act manufacturing investments announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce for Absolics—an affiliate of the Korea-based SKC—and Entegris. “These CHIPS incentives will strengthen the domestic semiconductor supply chain, create jobs, […]

WASHINGTON—Nov. 26, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer praising finalization of semiconductor manufacturing investments announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce and Intel Corporation. The incentives, which are part of the CHIPS and Science Act, will support Intel manufacturing projects in in Arizona, Ohio, […]

WASHINGTON—Nov. 20, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer applauding finalization of semiconductor manufacturing investments announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce and GlobalFoundries. The incentives, which are part of the CHIPS and Science Act, will support GlobalFoundries manufacturing projects in New York and Vermont. […]

WASHINGTON—Nov. 15, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer applauding finalization of the agreement to allocate incentives to TSMC under the CHIPS and Science Act. The agreement between TSMC and the U.S. Department of Commerce will support the expansion of TSMC’s semiconductor fabs in Arizona. […]

WASHINGTON—Nov. 8, 2024— The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer applauding semiconductor manufacturing incentives announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce for Corning and Powerex. The incentives, which are part of the CHIPS and Science Act, will supplement company investments in the U.S. that will create […]

WASHINGTON—Nov. 1, 2024— The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer commending the selections for the first two CHIPS for America National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) facilities. The first facility will focus on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography research and will be located within NY CREATES’s Albany […]

by Molly O’Leary, Director of Government Affairs

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued the much-anticipated final regulations for the Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit (AMIC), the 25% investment tax credit enacted by the CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS Act). The credit, codified in Section 48D of the tax code, is a core component of the […]

WASHINGTON—Oct. 22, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer welcoming the release of final regulations implementing the “Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit,” a tax credit enacted as part of the landmark CHIPS and Science Act to incentivize domestic chip production. The U.S. Department of the Treasury […]

WASHINGTON—Oct. 21, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer applauding semiconductor manufacturing incentives announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce and Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC). Today’s announced incentives are designed to help HSC build a new hyper-pure semiconductor-grade polysilicon facility in Michigan. “Polysilicon is a critical […]

WASHINGTON—Oct. 18, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer applauding semiconductor manufacturing incentives announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce and Infinera. The incentives, which are part of the CHIPS and Science Act, will support the development of an advanced test and packaging facility in […]