Natcast NSTC and NAPMP piloting facility (ASU Research Park)
Tempe, AZ. R&D.
Natcast
NSTC Prototyping and NAPMP Advanced Packaging Piloting Facility
Planned federal advanced packaging pilot facility at ASU Research Park; $1.1 billion in funding was clawed back in Aug 2025 and the facility is reported canceled.
- Investment
- not stated
- Jobs
- not stated
- Announced
- Jan 6, 2025
- Target
- 2028
- Type
- R&D
- Process or product
- Advanced packaging piloting line, 300mm wafer capability
- Wafer size
- 300mm
- CHIPS Act funding
- $1.1B (cancelled)
Timeline
- Cancellation
ASU President Michael Crow said the facility will no longer be coming to ASU's Research Park; KJZZ described the project as likely dead.
KJZZ - Pause
Commerce voided the Natcast agreement, leaving the $1.1 billion ASU facility with an uncertain future.
KJZZ - Funding
Commerce finalized $1.1 billion in direct funding to Natcast to operate NAPMP capabilities including a baseline advanced packaging piloting line at the Tempe facility.
U.S. Department of Commerce - Announced
Commerce and Natcast announced Arizona as the third CHIPS for America R&D flagship, a packaging piloting facility at ASU Research Park, operational by Q4 2028.
Manufacturing Dive
Sources (5)
- Trump administration overhauls CHIPS R&D plans AIP FYI, Nov 26, 2025
- ASU opens $270 million semiconductor research facility, but larger federal project is likely dead KJZZ, Oct 9, 2025
- Trump administration claws back funds from $1.1 billion ASU semiconductor facility KJZZ, Aug 27, 2025
- U.S. Department of Commerce announces $1.4 billion in final awards to support the next generation of U.S. semiconductor advanced packaging U.S. Department of Commerce, Jan 16, 2025
- Arizona to host third CHIPS R&D flagship facility for packaging Manufacturing Dive, Jan 8, 2025
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