Jan. 05, 2026 –
By Gary Hilson, EE Times
Accelerated, Canada’s national semiconductor symposium, provided a stage to showcase some of the first recipients of funding from FABrIC, a five-year CDN $223 (U.S. $163 million) initiative to grow the semiconductor industry in Canada.
Managed by CMC Microsystems, which also hosted the conference, the funding program put out a call for applications in September 2024. The first round of FABrIC Challenge Projects was announced in June 2025, allocating a total of CDN $35.6 million (U.S. $26 million) in total investment, including CDN $13.4 million (U.S. $9.8 million) in funding provided by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.
This round and each subsequent round of FABrIC Challenges will have specific areas of focus. The first call for applications had two streams.