Texas Institute for Electronics
A University of Texas at Austin-supported semiconductor consortium of state and local government, preeminent defense electronics and semiconductor companies, national labs and nationally recognized academic institutions
TIE Awarded $840M to Build a DOD Microelectronics Manufacturing Center, Advance U.S. Semiconductor Industry
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Our Vision and Mission
Vision: Innovate semiconductor solutions through advanced Heterogeneous Integration (HI)
Mission: Establish a non-profit, open-access semiconductor accelerator to:
- Develop and execute a state-of-the-art 3DHI manufacturing technology roadmap
- Provide critical pilot manufacturing capabilities to address national security needs and catalyze domestic economic growth
- Reinvent and expand pathways for an inclusive workforce and make Central Texas a premier hub for comprehensive workforce development
- Scale-up TIE technologies through partnerships with domestic fabs and OSATs
The State of Texas has entrusted $552M for TIE to accomplish our Vision and Mission
Recipe to Change the World
Texas already has the necessary ingredients to develop an end-to-end semiconductor manufacturing industry: innovators in academia, an entrepreneurial culture and a dynamic, highly skilled workforce. TIE’s key initiatives will target sustainable infrastructure in these areas:
Technology Leadership
Accelerate advanced packaging solutions for emerging technologies, including new computing paradigms
Critical Fab Assets
Enhance nationally recognized fab assets, including the former SEMATECH campus and Texas university fab network
Workforce Development
Expand semiconductor workforce at all skill levels
Defense/Startup Ecosystem
Catalyze market growth in edge AI, quantum technologies, health care and defense
Industry Support for State of Texas Funding
“TIE’s vision, plans and achievements to-date have convinced us as corporate leaders in the semiconductor industry to join this effort and partner with TIE to provide technology leadership, build critical research and manufacturing infrastructure, and establish workforce development efforts that are essential to strategic long-term success for both the commercial and defense sectors of the US semiconductor industry.”
Mark Papermaster
AMD, Inc.
Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President
Prabu Raja
Applied Materials, Inc.
President of Semiconductor Products Group
Babak Sabi
Intel Corporation
Senior Vice President and General Manager
Scott DeBoer
Micron Technology, Inc.
Executive Vice President
For more information about the Texas Institute for Electronics,
please email tie@austin.utexas.edu.