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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade |
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Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade |
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Chapter II—National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce |
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SubChapter C—Chips Program |
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Part 231 - Clawbacks of Chips Funding |
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Subpart A - Definitions |
§ 231.118 - Semiconductors critical to national security.
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§ 231.118 Semiconductors critical to national security.
Semiconductors critical to national security means:
(a) Semiconductors utilizing nanomaterials, including 1D and 2D carbon allotropes such as graphene and carbon nanotubes;
(b) Compound and wide- and ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors;
(c) Radiation-hardened by process (RHBP) semiconductors;
(d) Fully depleted silicon on insulator (FD–SOI) semiconductors, other than with regard to semiconductor packaging operations with respect to such semiconductors of a 28-nonometerer generation or older;
(e) Silicon photonic semiconductors;
(f) Semiconductors designed for quantum information systems;
(g) Semiconductors designed for operation in cryogenic environments (at or below 77 Kelvin); and
(h) Any other semiconductors that the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, determines is critical to national security and issues a public notice of that determination.