§4601 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

Requires the Department of Defense to give money to Sematech for research and development in semiconductor manufacturing because Congress says that helps the U.S. economy and national security. The goals are to encourage U.S. companies to study advanced manufacturing, to turn manufacturing know-how into many kinds of semiconductor products, and to set up a grant program to fund Sematech’s research. Definitions: "Semiconductor Technology Council" (Council) — the advisory council created under section 4603. "Sematech" — a U.S. industry consortium formed to do advanced semiconductor manufacturing research and to apply manufacturing expertise across products.

Title 15, §4601

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(a)The Congress finds that it is in the national economic and security interests of the United States for the Department of Defense to provide financial assistance to the industry consortium known as Sematech for research and development activities in the field of semiconductor manufacturing technology.

(b)The purposes of this subchapter are—

(1)to encourage the semiconductor industry in the United States—

(A)to conduct research on advanced semiconductor manufacturing techniques; and

(B)to develop techniques to use manufacturing expertise for the manufacture of a variety of semiconductor products; and

(2)in order to achieve the purpose set out in paragraph (1), to provide a grant program for the financial support of semiconductor research activities conducted by Sematech.

(c)In this subchapter:

(1)The terms “Semiconductor Technology Council” and “Council” mean the advisory council established by section 4603 of this title.

(2)The term “Sematech” means a consortium of firms in the United States semiconductor industry established for the purposes of (A) conducting research concerning advanced semiconductor manufacturing techniques, and (B) developing techniques to adapt manufacturing expertise to a variety of semiconductor products.

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Amendments

1993—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 103–160 substituted “Semiconductor Technology Council” for “Advisory Council on Federal Participation in Sematech”.

§4601 Findings, purposes, and definitions

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