xLight, a U.S.-based startup developing an EUV light source based on a particle accelerator, on Tuesday data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.xlight.com/company-news/xlight-signs-150-million-letter-of-intent-with-the-us-department-of-commerce” data-url=”https://www.xlight.com/company-news/xlight-signs-150-million-letter-of-intent-with-the-us-department-of-commerce” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the U.S. Department of Commerce for $150 million in proposed federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act. xLight came out of the blue earlier this year when it hired Pat Gelsinger, former chief executive of Intel, as executive chairman. The money, if awarded, will be used to bring xLight’s free-electron laser (FEL) based light source closer to reality once…
