Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities Funded by the CHIPS Act: Project Status and Considerations for Congress
Congressional Research ServiceReportJuly 14, 2026At publisher
Yong W. Kwon
Pillar
Aegis, Compute Systems
Semiconductors, fabrication equipment, data centers, and the compute layer above them.
Systems
- Semiconductor System
Chip design, fabrication, advanced packaging, and domestic capacity.
- Equipment System
Semiconductor manufacturing equipment, lithography, metrology, and materials.
- Data Center System
Data center construction, siting, power demand, and cooling infrastructure.
- Compute Layer
Accelerators, systems software, and the compute capability built on the hardware base.
Publications across this pillar
Considerations for Distributed Edge Data Centers and Use of Building Loads to Support Large Interconnections
National Renewable Energy LaboratoryTechnical reportNovember 2025At publisher
Aditie Garg, Chuck Booten, Otto VanGeet and 6 more
Navigating Integration: Key Challenges for Data Centers, Nuclear Stakeholders, And Utility Operators
Idaho National LaboratoryTechnical reportAugust 2025At publisher
Paul Talbot, Jacob Bryan, Dylan McDowell and 6 more
Securing a Silicon Pathway: Addressing supply chain risks in strategic field-programmable gate array chips
Atlantic CouncilReportJuly 30, 2025At publisher
Andrew Kidd, Celine Lee, Bruce Schneier
The political economy of reshoring: Evidence from the semiconductor industry
PLOS ONEPeer reviewedFebruary 14, 2025At publisher
Richard Clark, Sarah Kreps, Adi Rao
AI's Power Requirements Under Exponential Growth: Extrapolating AI Data Center Power Demand and Assessing Its Potential Impact on U.S. Competitiveness
RAND CorporationReportJanuary 28, 2025At publisher
Konstantin F. Pilz, Yusuf Mahmood, Lennart Heim
Semiconductors and Modern Industrial Policy
Journal of Economic PerspectivesPeer reviewedNovember 2024At publisher
Chad P. Bown, Dan Wang
Multinuclear Tin-Based Macrocyclic Organometallic Resist for EUV Photolithography
ACS Materials AuPeer reviewedMarch 27, 2024At publisher
Gayoung Lim, Kangsik Lee, Chawon Koh and 2 more
Metrology Gaps in the Semiconductor Ecosystem: First Steps Toward Establishing the CHIPS R&D Metrology Program
National Institute of Standards and TechnologyReportJune 5, 2023At publisher
Marla L. Dowell
Supply Chain Interdependence and Geopolitical Vulnerability: The Case of Taiwan and High-End Semiconductors
RAND CorporationReportMarch 13, 2023At publisher
Bradley Martin, Laura H. Baldwin, Paul DeLuca and 4 more
Strategic Opportunities for U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing
National Institute of Standards and TechnologyReportAugust 2022At publisher
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Assessment of the Critical Supply Chains Supporting the U.S. Information and Communications Technology Industry
U.S. Department of CommerceReportFebruary 24, 2022At publisher
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Homeland Security