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( The Hill ) — The Trump administration plans to take a $150 million stake in xLight , a startup developing laser technology to advance semiconductor manufacturing.

The Commerce Department said Monday that it has signed a non-binding preliminary letter of intent to provide federal incentives to the startup under the CHIPS and Science Act in exchange for equity.

The company xLight, which counts former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger as executive chairman, seeks to develop free-electron lasers to improve one stage of chip production known as lithography, which uses light to print patterns onto silicon wafers.

“For far too long,

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