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This $500 million CHIPS Act award highlights a strategic federal pivot toward securing domestic semiconductor supply chains for AI and quantum workloads through material science innovation. By funding the development of alternative chemical formulations, SandboxAQ aims to reduce reliance on foreign manufacturing nodes critical for training large models and running quantum algorithms. This move underscores how national security imperatives are increasingly driving R&D investment in the foundational hardware layer required for next-generation computing systems.
SandboxAQ Secures $500 Million CHIPS Act R&D Award to Insulate Semiconductor Supply Chains
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Research and Development Office has signed a definitive agreement awarding $500 million to AI-and-quantum technology startup SandboxAQ to address acute supply chain vulnerabilities in domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Part of a broader federal push under the Trump administration to reshore high-assurance tech manufacturing, the multi-million-dollar contract tasks the NVIDIA-backed enterprise [...] The post SandboxAQ Secures $500 Million CHIPS Act R&D Award to Insulate Semiconductor Supply Chains appeared first on Quantum Computing Report.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Research and Development Office has signed a definitive agreement awarding $500 million to AI-and-quantum technology startup SandboxAQ to address acute supply chain vulnerabilities in domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Part of a broader federal push under the Trump administration to reshore high-assurance tech manufacturing, the multi-million-dollar contract tasks the NVIDIA-backed enterprise with inventing and commercializing alternative…
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