Corning, the maker of Gorilla Glass, will receive up to $32 million in funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. In an announcement on fridayThe U.S. Department of Commerce said the proposed financing will help Corning increase production of its glass products used in the chip-making process.
However, the proposed CHIPS Act funding has nothing to do with Gorilla Glass. Corning will direct the funds to the production of high-purity fused silica and extreme ultra-low expansion glass. As noted in the press release, both types of glass are used in lithography machines and in photomasks used to render the pattern of a chip on a silicon wafer. It will also allow Corning to “scale a novel manufacturing process” at its Canton, New York, plant, which is expected to create 130 new manufacturing jobs and more than 175 construction jobs.
