Fab delays and cancellations start to pile up
January 30, 2025
The semiconductor industry is grappling with uncertainty as several high-profile semiconductor fab projects are struggling with delays, suspensions, or outright cancellations.
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Coherent, SkyWater and X-Fab receive CHIPS Act boost
December 11, 2024
The Biden-Harris Administration has announced USD 99 million in proposed CHIPS Act funding for Coherent, SkyWater Technology, and X-Fab to strengthen U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and supply chain resilience, creating over 290 jobs across Texas and Minnesota.
SkyWater secures $16 million in federal funds
December 09, 2024
Minnesota chip manufacturer SkyWater will use USD 127 million, including USD 19 million in matching state funds, to improve its infrastructure and cybersecurity systems, among other upgrades.
Lumotive launches 'revolutionary' optical beamforming chip
May 03, 2024
Lumotive has teamed up with SkyWater Technology to start production of LM10 – the first programmable optical metasurface that has been commercialised into a mass-producible chip.
US Department of Defense awards $190m contract to SkyWater
January 15, 2024
The US defense department has agreed a contract with SkyWater Technology and Deca Technologies to expand domestic production of fan-out wafer level packaging (FOWLP) services.
SkyWater looking to enhance production at its Minnesota facility
January 03, 2024
US semiconductor foundry SkyWater Technology, has submitted a full application for Funding through the CHIPS and Science Act to modernise equipment and enhance the production at its Minnesota Facility
SkyWater appoints new president and COO
September 19, 2023
US-based pure-play semiconductor foundry, SkyWater Technology, has appointed John Sakamoto as president and chief operating officer, effective September 25, 2023.
US foundry upgrades offering with new ALD system
September 07, 2023
SkyWater Technology has installed a new atomic layer deposition (ADL) System for the development and production of advanced technologies
Production ramp of quantum computing technology at SkyWater’s Minnesota fab
May 03, 2023
US semiconductor foundry, SkyWater Technology, says that PsiQuantum has expanded its development agreement with the company and its plan to produce silicon photonic chips that will become part of future quantum computing systems.
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Texas company moves all its manufacturing to Skywater
January 25, 2023
VORAGO Technologies, a Austin, Texas-based high technology company providing radiation-hardened and extreme-temperature solutions, is moving all its manufacturing stateside in a strategic partnership with semiconductor foundry, Skywater Technology.
The U.S. CHIPS Act is already making an impact
January 03, 2023
Yesterday, Evertiq reported that the U.S. CHIPS Act has already sparked USD 200 billion in private investments across the country. But where are all of these new fabs going to be built?
SkyWater and BRIDG completes phase one of government-funded program
November 07, 2022
SkyWater Technology and BRIDG have completed phase one of a DoD-funded Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) technology development program.
Global 300mm fab capacity to reach new high in 2025
October 12, 2022
Semiconductor manufacturers worldwide are forecast to expand 300mm fab capacity at a nearly 10% compound average growth rate (CAGR) from 2022 to 2025, reaching an all-time high of 9.2 million wafers per month (wpm), SEMI reports.
Additional DoD funding reaches SkyWater
September 29, 2022
US semiconductor foundry SkyWater Technology says that the Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded the company up to USD 99 million as a continuation of the previous initiative to advance onshore production capabilities for strategic radiation-hardened (rad-hard) electronics.
Google tasked to create new supply of chips for researchers
September 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has signed a cooperative R&D agreement with Google to develop and produce chips that researchers can use to develop new nanotechnology and semiconductor devices.
SkyWater to expand its Florida operations thanks to grant
September 07, 2022
US Semiconductor foundry, SkyWater Technology, has been awarded a USD 36.5 million in a Build Back Better Grant, funds that the company will leverage to expand its advanced packaging facility operations in Florida.
SkyWater to bolster chip fabrication at Purdue
July 21, 2022
SkyWater plans to open a $1.8 billion semiconductor manufacturing facility in Discovery Park District at Purdue University to create 750 new direct jobs within five years.
SkyWater awarded $27M option to facilitate US semiconductors
July 19, 2022
The Department of Defense is funding a $27 million Other Transactional Agreement Option for SkyWater to further develop intellectual property (IP) for its 90 nm Strategic Rad-Hard by Process (RH90) FDSOI technology platform.
SkyWater Florida achieves ISO 9001:2015 certification
April 01, 2022
US semiconductor manufacturer, SkyWater Technology, announces that its Florida facility has achieved ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management System certification to support domestic heterogenous integration solutions.
SkyWater expands and establishes a presence in Indiana
November 11, 2021
US pure play semiconductor foundry, SkyWater Technology, has signed a lease with Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) to accommodate an initial SkyWater team in the WestGate@Crane Technology Park in Odon, Indiana, adjacent to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane).
SkyWater's Minnesota facility achieves AS9100
November 05, 2021
SkyWater Technology says that its Minnesota facility has completed certification to AS9100, the standardised quality management system for organisations that design, develop or provide aviation, space and defense products and services.
Weebit and SkyWater to take ReRAM tech to volume production
September 23, 2021
Weebit Nano, a developer of next-gen memory technologies for the semiconductor industry, has entered into an agreement with semiconductor foundry SkyWater Technology to take Weebit’s Resistive RAM (ReRAM) technology to volume production.
SkyWater to invest $56M in Minnesota capacity expansion
July 28, 2021
SkyWater Technology's Board of Directors has approved USD 56 million in capital investments to expand the capacity and capabilities of its Minnesota facility and to accelerate the company’s entry into the 200 mm GaN market.
Price and lead time trends for 2Q 2021
April 15, 2021
Since the turn of the year 2021, the market has changed dramatically and ongoing strong demand continues to outstrip supply, perpetuating very long lead times and continual review of pricing by manufacturers.
Skywater expands its leadership team.
March 10, 2021
The US-based pure play semiconductor foundry has appointed Dr. Steven Kosier as its new CTO. At the same time Brad Ferguson takes the helm at SkyWater’s advanced packaging facility and will serve as Chief Government Affairs Officer.
SkyWater expands in Florida - assumes operation of 200mm fab
January 27, 2021
SkyWater Technology, a company which has been very vocal about the need for a secure domestic chip production, continues to show the way by expanding its operations with a manufacturing fab in Florida
SkyWater and Multibeam form partnership to deploy Multibeam’s Innovative MEBL system
November 24, 2020
Maskless lithography technology company, Multibeam Corporation, has disclosed a partnership to deploy Multibeam’s Multicolumn Electron-Beam Lithography (MEBL) system into SkyWater’s newly expanded fabrication facility in support the company roadmap to advance its manufacturing capabilities and accelerate growth.
SkyWater finds partners to enable open source ASIC manufacturing
November 17, 2020
US pure play semiconductor foundry, SkyWater Technology, along side semiconductor crowdsourcing platform Efabless, announces a Google partnership to enable open source manufacturing of custom ASICs.
SkyWater is looking to lease a 200 mm fab in Florida
October 22, 2020
Having just completed the expansion of its Minnesota facility, SkyWater does not seem to be done adding to its footprint. The company is looking to take over the Center for Neovation, a 200 mm semiconductor manufacturing facility.
US foundry makes the case for a secure domestic chip production
October 21, 2020
SkyWater Technology’s expansion in Bloomington, Minnesota, has progressed quickly. The project started less than a year ago and on October 12, the company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the expansion.
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