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U.S. Aims to Create Semiconductor Manufacturing Clusters With Chips Act Funds The U.S. will target funds from the $53 billion Chips Act to create at least two manufacturing clusters for leading-edge semiconductors by 2030, according to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, marking the initial stages of a plan to bring more chip manufacturing back to the U.S. The aim would be to create ecosystems that would bring together fabrication plants, research-and-development labs, final packaging facilities for assembly of chips and the suppliers needed to support each phase of the operation, Ms. Raimondo said Thursday. The Commerce Department is set Tuesday to disclose further details on how companies can apply for funds. Ms. Raimondo didn't say where the clusters would be located, but Arizona, Ohio an