Microelectronics Acquisition Policy of the US Government

Date and Time: June 26 - 8:30 am

Michael Fritze

Dr. Fritze is currently a technology policy consultant. He is a Senior Fellow and former Vice President at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies working topics in the Microelectronics Policy portfolio. His activities include USG trusted access strategies, support of needed legacy technologies, DOD innovation policy, outreach to Industry and strengthening the US Microelectronics Industrial Base. Dr Fritze is co-chair of the NDIA Electronics Division Policy Working Group and serves on the DOC Industrial Advisory Council (IAC) supporting NIST CHIPS R&D Projects.

Dr. Fritze was the Director of the Disruptive Electronics Division at the USC Information Sciences Institute. (2010-2015). He also held a Research Professor appointment in the USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering (Electrophysics). His research interests at ISI included Trusted Electronics, CMOS Reliability & Robustness, Low power 3DIC enabled electronics and Rad-hard electronics. He was a Program Manager at the DARPA Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) from 2006-2010 where he ran a microelectronics R&D portfolio.Prior to joining DARPA, Dr. Fritze was a staff member from 1995-2006 at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Massachusetts, where he worked on fully-depleted silicon on insulator (FDSOI) technology development with an emphasis on novel devices and advanced lithography.

Dr. Fritze received a Ph.D. in Physics from Brown University in 1994, working in the area of compound semiconductor quantum well physics. He received a B.S. in Physics in 1984 from Lehigh University. Dr. Fritze is an elected member of Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi. He is a recipient of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service awarded in 2010. Dr. Fritze has published over 75 papers and articles in professional journals and holds several U.S. Patents.

Presentation Abstract

Microelectronics are a key enabling factor for the US economy and national security. Current geopolitical tensions place a premium on a secure access strategy for the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) microelectronics needs. The DoD has unique needs for a wide variety of microelectronic components In low volumes available for very long (decades) periods of time. As a result there are major disconnects with the commercial microelectronics business model based on modern parts in high volumes available for relatively short periods of time.

This talk will present a history of the United States Government's (USG) secure acquisition policies and strategies for microelectronics access. The speaker will cover various approaches, including a dedicated USG Fab, the Trusted Foundry concept, and emerging work on microelectronics security standards. This is an important area of growing interest even outside the DoD.

Dr. Diganta Das

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