NIST and Google Enter Chip Collaboration Agreement to Develop New Nanotechnology and Semiconductor Devices
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Update time : 2022-09-15 15:53:14
On September 13, the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) website announced that they have signed a collaborative research and development agreement with Google to develop and produce chips that researchers can use to develop new nanotechnology and semiconductor devices.
The chips are designed to measure the performance of storage devices used by AI algorithms. They will be manufactured by SkyWater Technology at its semiconductor foundry in Bloomington, Minnesota. Under the agreement, Google will pay the initial costs of setting up production and will subsidize the initial production run. NIST will work with various university research partners to design the chip's circuitry. Research partners include the University of Michigan, the University of Maryland, George Washington University, Brown University and Carnegie Mellon University. NIST is reportedly expected to design up to 40 types of chips for different scenarios of applications. Because the chip designs will be open source, researchers will be able to share data without restrictions. Google has a long history of leadership in open source, and the transition to an open source framework will not only promote reusability, but also help researchers at public and private institutions duplicate each other's work and democratize innovation for nanotechnology and semiconductor research, said Will Grannis, CEO of Google Public Sector.
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