US to award Akash Systems up to $18.2 million for chips production


FILE PHOTO: Semiconductor chips are seen on a printed circuit board in this illustration picture taken February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo

(Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday it has agreed to provide up to $18.2 million in government subsidy funding to Akash Systems to support the construction of a 40,000-square-foot cleanroom space for advanced semiconductor manufacturing.

This proposed funding from the $52.7 billion semiconductor manufacturing and research subsidy program, will be combined with funding from California-based Akash, venture capital firms, and other private investors, to support a $121 million investment in West Oakland, California to manufacture various Diamond Cooling substrates, devices and systems at scale.

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