We’re imagining new ways for innovation and fabrication to collide
At the Institute for NanoSystems Innovation, we’re redefining how nanotechnological breakthroughs keep up with the speed of industry. Explore how we’re fostering an environment where researchers are empowered to solve problems at the nano scale.
The Future of the US Semiconductor Industry
The future of the US semiconductor industry is critically dependent on innovative technologies, rapid innovation cycles, expanding manufacturing capacity, a skilled workforce, robust cross-sector partnerships, and the formation of new companies. Northeastern is reinventing how these imperatives interact with one another in a streamlined innovation environment.
1. The current problem: An innovation bottleneck
The semiconductor industry faces significant challenges, including a lack of skilled engineers and technicians, missed innovation opportunities, the invention of future intellectual property outside of the United States, a long and expensive runway for startups, expensive and scarce prototyping resources, and risks to national security.
Therefore, there is a clear need to rethink the innovation process addressing the fundamental challenge of bridging the gap between discovery and commercialization of these advanced technologies while offering a secure manufacturing base to the US.
2. Our solution: An environment that invites innovation and collaboration
NanoSI is rethinking the semiconductor innovation climate, with experiential training of tomorrow’s engineers, industry collaboration on real-world problems, reduced time-to-market, intellectual property generation for next-generation technologies, accelerated lab to fab velocity, and lowered costs.
