[1] In May 2022, United States President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi jointly unveiled the iCET.
[4] In order to manufacture chips for national security needs, the US military has partnered with Indian startups to establish a semiconductor fabrication plant in India.
With assistance from the India Semiconductor Mission and a strategic technology cooperation between the United States Space Force (USSF), Bharat Semi, and 3rdiTech, the fabrication plant would produce silicon carbide, infrared, and gallium nitride chips.
[11] On September 21, 2024, at a bilateral meeting between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delaware, the blueprint for the Bharat Semi Fab was revealed.
[12] Under iCET, United States and India announced setting aside more than $2 million in 2024 for collaborative research initiatives that will advance AI and quantum technology.