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DARPA Summit in San Francisco reveals new advances in design technology

As other countries step up semiconductor development efforts in order to build homegrown industries, and Moore’s Law shows its age, the United States and its allies risk losing their dominance in the industry. At the top of the list of concerns is China’s well-funded Made In China initiative targeting worldwide AI leadership. In 2017, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ...

Kathleen Maher

As other countries step up semiconductor development efforts in order to build homegrown industries, and Moore’s Law shows its age, the United States and its allies risk losing their dominance in the industry. At the top of the list of concerns is China’s well-funded Made In China initiative targeting worldwide AI leadership. In 2017, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched a $1.5 billion program, named Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI), to work on innovative chip designs and modifications over the next five years. At a recent summit hosted by DARPA in San Francisco, the agency unveiled dedicated research teams
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