US Agrees to Loan for Chipmaker That Went Bankrupt Last Year
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A conditional $1.5 billion Defense Department loan to a previously bankrupt Wolfspeed underscores how strategic materials and chips are now treated as defense infrastructure, not just commercial supply. Hardware-dependent AI and power-electronics roadmaps should factor in that government support can keep key vendors alive—and politically constrained.
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