SMRTR Science & EngineeringJun 22, 2026Interesting Engineering

US fuels $50M Texas chips expansion to quadruple indium phosphide wafer production

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Coherent Corp. is doubling its indium phosphide semiconductor plant in Sherman, Texas with $50M in CHIPS Act funding, quadrupling wafer output and adding 1,000+ jobs to supply AI data center optical networking components used by NVIDIA.

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