Saturday, September 5, 2026

American Industry Report

American manufacturing, energy and defense news

Category: Technology

Semiconductors, automation and industrial technology.

Commerce clears the last three CHIPS awards, sending $6.1 billion to fabs in Arizona, Texas and New York

The disbursements close out the program's first round. Two of the three recipients have already broken ground; the third says tooling begins in the first quarter.

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TSMC Arizona’s second fab enters volume production on 3 nm

The first U.S. leading-edge fab to reach volume on the node.

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Intel books its first external foundry customer for 18A

The agreement covers wafer supply beginning next year.

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Texas Instruments opens its Sherman fab ahead of schedule

The first of four planned fabs at the site.

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Applied Materials adds a $400 million Oregon research center

The facility focuses on advanced packaging and metrology.

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