Following Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s August 25, 2025 decision to void the Biden‐era Natcast agreement—under which Natcast had received a $1.1 billion award on January 16, 2025 to operate CHIPS National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program (NAPMP) facilities—under which entity is the NAPMP now administered?
Explanation
The National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) is the physical research entity established by the CHIPS Act, while Natcast was the nonprofit operator that managed it. When Lutnick voided the Natc...
Sources
- U.S. Department of Commerce Announces $1.4 Billion in Final Awards to Support the Next Generation of U.S. Semiconductor Advanced Packaging
- Department of Commerce Takes Action Against the Biden Administration’s Unlawfully Established Operator of the National Semiconductor Technology Center, “Natcast”
- CHIPS for America NSTC Prototyping and National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program (NAPMP) Advanced Packaging Piloting Facility (PPF), an NSTC and NAPMP facility
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