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The Biden administration said Monday it would provide $35 million to BAE Systems to increase production at a New Hampshire factory making computer chips.
After all this time, someone in government thought this would send the right message. CHIPS had nothing to do with manufacturing and everything to do with DoD real or imaginary needs. BAE is the smallest of manufacturers. So tiny you never heard about them.
They have job openings for an ebeam process engineer and a process development engineer. An excerpt from the job description “develop next generation MMIC processes and optimize these processes for manufacturability. This includes advanced device and process development, new process integration, as well as implementation and qualification of developed technologies in a multi-technology foundry environment. A strong background in semiconductor process integration as related to III-V materials is highly desired. In-depth knowledge of GaN RF devices and related processing is preferred.”
After all this time, someone in government thought this would send the right message. CHIPS had nothing to do with manufacturing and everything to do with DoD real or imaginary needs. BAE is the smallest of manufacturers. So tiny you never heard about them.
They have job openings for an ebeam process engineer and a process development engineer. An excerpt from the job description “develop next generation MMIC processes and optimize these processes for manufacturability. This includes advanced device and process development, new process integration, as well as implementation and qualification of developed technologies in a multi-technology foundry environment. A strong background in semiconductor process integration as related to III-V materials is highly desired. In-depth knowledge of GaN RF devices and related processing is preferred.”
The volume of chips needed for military or defense are always limited, compare to the civilian applications.
For example:
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II maximum annual production rate: 156
F16 fighter jet annual production: 6 ~ 8 in 2023, ramping up to 4 per month by 2025.
The new Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider strategic bomber total order quantity: initial order of 100 and up to a full fleet of 175 to 200.
FGM-148 Javelin anti tank missile: 45,000 units have been built since 1996. Averagely it's about 1,666 units per year.
US Virginia class attack submarine annual production rate: 2 per year.
iPhone sold in 2022: 232.2 million units.
PC sold worldwide in 2022: 286.2 million units
The defense related market is a big business for those general contractors (Lockheed Martin, Boeing, BAE, Northrop Grumman, etc.) but not necessary a big revenue or profit source for parts suppliers.
People need to be very careful on those semiconductor businesses' CEOs who paint a big and rosy picture of military related sales.
After all this time, someone in government thought this would send the right message. CHIPS had nothing to do with manufacturing and everything to do with DoD real or imaginary needs. BAE is the smallest of manufacturers. So tiny you never heard about them.
To begin with, the formal criteria for the CHIPS eligibility were never published publicly in detail. To the effect, they remain completely discretionary.
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