As federal agencies and defense organizations race to modernize the technologies that underpin national security, the semiconductor industry has entered a new era. Artificial intelligence at the edge, advanced sensing, electronic warfare, secure communications, and real-time data processing all demand unprecedented levels of compute performance and power efficiency.
Meanwhile, growing concerns around supply chain resilience, trusted manufacturing, and access to leading-edge technology have elevated the importance of domestic semiconductor capabilities. As the U.S. government works to strengthen the nation’s microelectronics ecosystem through initiatives such as the Department of the Air Force’s Secure Enclave, agencies need pathways to adopt advanced-node technologies that deliver significant gains in performance, power efficiency, and integration density without introducing unnecessary risk to already complex development programs
