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OAKLAND: Impact Nano<\/a>, a Massachusetts-based startup that makes specialty chemicals for the semiconductor industry<\/a> and others, said on Thursday it raised $32 million in funding from investors including Intel Capital<\/a> and Goldman Sachs Asset Management<\/a>.
It also said Intel Capital's managing director, Sean Doyle<\/a>, will join the board of directors.
As the U.S. tries to bring back semiconductor manufacturing<\/a> with the CHIPS and Science Act, it will need to invest in building up the broader supply chain in addition to the multibillion-dollar chip fabrication facilities.
The war in Ukraine has exposed several choke points on the chemical side of the chip industry that need to be fixed. That is because Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, a key material used in the production of chips.
\"Many of the chemicals that we've been asked to synthesize so far are not currently made in North America. And they are made in regions of political instability,\" said Matthew Stephens, CEO and co-founder of Impact Nano.
Stephens said Impact Nano is inventing new ways to produce chemicals that chip makers use. Among the company's focus areas, he said, are increasing the purity of the chemicals, finding raw materials that are more abundant and comply with ethical guidelines, and making the process more environmentally friendly.
He declined to identify current customers but said the chemicals produced are key materials for the extreme ultraviolet lithography process (EUV) which is how today's most advanced chips are made.
The funding will be used to expand the Massachusetts factory. Stephens also said Impact Nano is looking to apply for some of the CHIPS Act<\/a> funding that will support the suppliers for semiconductor manufacturing.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is part of Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Intel Capital is the investment arm of U.S. chip giant Intel Corp.
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奥克兰:影响纳米,马萨诸塞州一家创业公司的特种化学品半导体行业和其他人来说,周四表示,筹集了3200万美元的资金从投资者包括英特尔投资和高盛资产管理。
它还表示,英特尔资本董事总经理,肖恩·多伊尔将加入董事会。
随着美国试图带回半导体制造芯片和科学行为,它将需要投资建立更广泛的供应链除了数十亿美元的芯片生产设备。
乌克兰战争暴露了一些瓶颈在化学方面的芯片行业需要固定。因为乌克兰是一个主要的生产商氖气体,一个关键材料生产的芯片。
“许多化学物质,我们被要求合成到目前为止在北美目前不做了。和他们地区的政治不稳定,”马修·斯蒂芬斯说,首席执行官和创始人之一影响纳米。
斯蒂芬斯说,影响纳米发明新的方法来生产芯片制造商使用的化学物质。公司的重点领域之一,他说,越来越多的化学物质的纯度,寻找更丰富的原材料和遵守道德准则,并使这个过程更环保。
他拒绝透露目前的客户,但表示产生的化学物质是极端紫外线光刻过程的关键材料(EUV)是当今最先进的芯片。
资金将用于扩大马萨诸塞州的工厂。史蒂芬斯还表示,影响纳米希望申请的一些芯片的行为资金将支持半导体制造的供应商。
高盛资产管理公司属于高盛(gs . n:行情)和英特尔资本是美国芯片巨头英特尔(intc . o:行情)的投资部门。
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