CHIPS Act Helps Student Development
ECE students like Jaeden Carpenter are benefitting from Intel's expansion in Arizona, courtesy of the CHIPS Act.
Jaeden Carpenter, an electrical and computer engineering student, uses virtual reality to learn about microchip development.
Toggling a model of a microchip, fourth year ECE student at the University of Arizona Jaeden Carpenter looked at the design of a microchip on his computer. When he was finished, he put on virtual reality and augmented reality goggles that allowed him to look at the microchip he was learning about in class.
“In an augmented reality environment, the students will be able to see what each layer means,” Carpenter said.
In March, President Joe Biden announced that the federal government would be giving money and loans to Intel through the CHIPS Act. This will allow Intel to modernize one of their existing facilities and build two new ones in Chandler, Arizona.
Carpenter feels like their expansion could help students like him. “Intel will help us with our work development by just creating a better environment and giving more funds to be able to create these projects that we’re working on. We’re trying to make them as minimal price as possible,” he said.
Learn more about how the CHIPS Act is helping students here.