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Congresswoman Betty McCollum Visits SkyWater’s Minnesota Facility for a Tour and Discussion on the U.S. Semiconductor Industrial Base and the CHIPS Act
Under Secretary of Defense Heidi Shyu joins Rep. McCollum on tour of various facilities in Twin Cities with an impact on the defense industry, national
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nUnder Secretary of Defense Heidi Shyu joins Rep. McCollum on tour of various facilities in Twin Cities with an impact on the defense industry, national security and the Minnesota economy\n\n BLOOMINGTON, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nSkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the trusted technology realization partner, today announced it hosted Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) on October 7th for a tour of its Minnesota facility and a discussion on the U.S. semiconductor industrial base and the investments Congress has made in microelectronics with the CHIPS Act. As Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense (HAC-D), McCollum welcomed Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering/DOD Chief Technology Officer Heidi Shyu and the DOD’s Principal Director for Microelectronics Dr. Devanand Shenoy to join her on the tour of Twin Cities companies, including SkyWater.\n\nDuring the visit to SkyWater, the discussion focused on the company’s value chain for both Department of Defense and commercial technologies and how it is leveraging public-private partnerships at its semiconductor manufacturing sites. The delegation toured the DOD-funded expansion of SkyWater’s Trusted facility which added clean room area and supporting infrastructure to enable radiation-hardened and complementary technologies. Recently, the DOD determined that SkyWater has successfully completed the base prototype project and awarded the company an additional $99M for productization and qualification of its 90 nm rad-hard process.\n\nIn addition, SkyWater presented its Technology as a ServiceSM (TaaS) business model, which enables funded technology development projects in the same facility that it runs manufacturing, allowing for a seamless transfer of developed technology into production and is a unique model in the industry.\n\n“We very much appreciate the interest in SkyWater by Representative McCollum and Under Secretary Shyu and the time they spent with us to learn more about our mission and value drivers for the DOD,” said Thomas Sonderman, SkyWater president and CEO. “We will continue to be a strong partner for the DOD, contributing to the national security of our country. SkyWater has been making significant progress with our RH90 technology roadmap to broaden onshore production capabilities for strategic rad-hard electronics.”\n\nSonderman ...