{"id":4521,"date":"2023-05-22T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=4521"},"modified":"2024-07-05T15:34:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T15:34:30","slug":"purdue-signs-landmark-u-s-japan-agreement-in-semiconductors-at-g7-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/Q2\/purdue-signs-landmark-u-s-japan-agreement-in-semiconductors-at-g7-summit","title":{"rendered":"Purdue signs landmark U.S.-Japan agreement in semiconductors at G7 summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —<\/p> \n

Purdue University continues to be the world leader in creating vital partnerships in semiconductors.

On Sunday (May 21) in Hiroshima, Japan, Purdue President Mung Chiang signed another landmark international agreement, partnering with Micron, Tokyo Electron and other educational institutions in the United States and Japan to establish the \u201cUPWARDS Network\u201d for workforce advancement and research and development in semiconductors.

The announcement was made during this year\u2019s Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima, which also included the Quad countries and other world leaders. The agreement was signed in the presence of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Keiko Nagaoka, Japan\u2019s Minister for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; and Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Ambassador to Japan. The signatories later had a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the end of the summit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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U.S. President Joe Biden and Purdue President Mung Chiang after the landmark signing of a U.S.-Japan agreement in semiconductors. The signing took place at the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan. (Photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A White House statement<\/a> noted “the finalization of a memorandum of cooperation on education and technology and the launching of new partnerships between U.S. and Japanese companies and universities, including the University of Chicago and Purdue University, in areas like quantum computing and semiconductors.”

\u201cPurdue is the leading American university in semiconductor talent, innovation and industry partnership,\u201d Chiang remarked during the signing ceremony. \u201cWe are excited to partner with the semiconductor companies and other institutions for semiconductor collaboration between the U.S. and Japan. We will also launch the Negishi Fellowship in addition to the UPWARDS Network program to strengthen such collaboration.\u201d

The May 21 trip also included meetings with leaders and representatives of Hiroshima University, Tohoku University and the U.S. Embassy in Japan.

Secretary Blinken said: \u201cTo all of the leaders who are here from U.S. and Japanese industry, from educational institutions, kicking off these new initiatives today, from IBM, Google, Micron, Tokyo Electron; Universities of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Tohoku, Chicago, Purdue, Boise State \u2013 this is an extraordinary group of institutions, individuals, (and) partners in this endeavor.\u201d

Ambassador Emanuel said: \u201cThese partnerships are about seizing economic opportunity and strengthening economic security. When we connect leading companies with leading colleges, we position ourselves to lead in critical technologies.\u201d

Micron and Tokyo Electron, as founding industry partners, the National Science Foundation and universities together will invest over $60 million for the five-year project. Other U.S. university participants included in the MOU are Boise State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, the University of Washington and Virginia Tech, while the Japanese university participants are Hiroshima University, Kyushu University, Nagoya University, Tohoku University and Tokyo Institute of Technology.

This is Purdue\u2019s third semiconductors global partnership this month, following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n