In January 2026, the Trump administration imposed a 25 percent ad valorem tariff on certain advanced computing semiconductors under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, citing the finding that …
Micron commits $250B and TSMC expands to $265B in U.S. semiconductor investment — but Made in America requires downstream process capability: contamination control, advanced packaging, legacy reconditioning, and full BOM traceability.
TSMC’s $265B Arizona investment is the largest foreign direct investment in U.S. history — but building fabs is only the visible part. The harder challenge is assembling the domestic process ecosystem that makes those fabs productive.
Executive Order 14415 requires defense contractors to trace every component and material back to its raw-material origin. For electronics manufacturers, that means real domestic process capability — not just a procurement checkbox.
Federal semiconductor tariffs, a new FAR rule banning covered semiconductors, and the FY2026 NDAA’s domestic sourcing deadlines are reshaping electronics manufacturing procurement. Here’s what process engineers and supply-chain teams need to know — and why domestic process capability matters more than labels.
On July 27, 2026, NVIDIA and TSMC hit what WCCFTech reported as a milestone for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing: the first NVIDIA GB300 AI GPUs fabricated on TSMC’s 4nm node rolled …
In early July, SEMI convened its annual Surface Preparation & Cleaning Conference (SPCC 2026) in Chandler, Arizona — the premier technical forum dedicated to advancing surface preparation, cleaning technologies, and …
TTM Technologies opened a $130M Ultra-HDI PCB facility in Syracuse, NY with $30M from the Department of War. The facility highlights a critical reality: building domestic defense electronics requires more than capital equipment—it demands a full process ecosystem for contamination control, component preparation, and assembly.
Stencil Cleaning vs. PCBA Cleaning: Different Problems, Different Solutions In a standard SMT assembly line, cleaning happens twice — once on the stencil and once on the board. They solve …
Last week, Bosch announced it has begun sample production of silicon carbide (SiC) chips at its Roseville, California, factory — the company’s first U.S. semiconductor production facility and a $2 …
