Sally Morton, executive vice president of ASU Knowledge Enterprise, which advances research, innovation and entrepreneurship at ASU, is interviewed about the recent announcement that the U.S. Commerce Department and the National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology selected ASU to be the home of the center’s Prototyping and National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program’s Advanced Packaging Piloting Facility. The facility is expected to bring numerous jobs and billions of dollars in investment. The Fulton Schools will help to support the facility. A previous post on this page, dated January 6, links to numerous news media reports about the new center. Morton says the facility will be a major “game changer” for Arizona’s stature in the high-tech realm.

See also: New semiconductor lab is a major win for ASU and Arizona. What to know, Arizona Republic, January 10

Tempe R&D Center could be game changer, Ahwatukee Foothill News, January 12

ASU Chosen as Home for CHIPS and Science Act-Funded National Semiconductor Packaging Facility, India Education Diary, January 13