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ASU MacroTechnology Works

University · Tempe, AZ
250,000 sq ft facility with 49,000 sq ft clean room. $270M collaboration with Applied Materials. $39.8M CHIPS Act Microelectronics Commons award (SWAP Hub) — 70 corporate, startup, academic and national lab partners. Semiconductor R&D partner to DARPA, Air Force, Army, Navy. Selected Jan 2025 as home of CHIPS Act NSTC National Semiconductor Prototyping Facility — largest CHIPS R&D investment. KEY NEXUS SIGNAL: semiconductors + national security + DARPA = core IQT/Osparna thesis.
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