[ Via UF News ]
The University of Florida will lead one of seven regional hubs of a new, $285 million nationwide institute dedicated to advancing America’s semiconductor industry through next-generation simulations known as digital twins.
Volker Sorger, Ph.D., the Walden and Paula Rhines Endowed Professor of Semiconductor Photonics in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at UF, will direct the Florida/Caribbean hub of the SMART USA Institute. Led by the Semiconductor Research Corporation, the institute is focused on creating and using digital twins to advance, accelerate, and optimize manufacturing in the semiconductor industry.
The SMART USA Institute is the winner of the Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Manufacturing USA Institute competition, which sought to create a new, nationwide network of researchers to support domestic manufacturing of semiconductor chips. The institute will be headquartered in North Carolina.
“This is a signature R&D program of the CHIPS Act of 2022” said David Arnold, Ph.D., acting director of the Florida Semiconductor Institute and the George Kirkland Professor of Engineering in the ECE Department. “Combining UF’s semiconductor expertise with cutting-edge AI capabilities and the power of HiPerGator provided a winning recipe that will allow our region to drive groundbreaking advancements in semiconductor technology and meet the growing demands of the industry.”
Read the full story at UF News.