Student researcher, Justin Tang, points at a chiplet as he checks it for imperfection using a magnifying camera at the Fang Lu Mesoscopic Optics and Quantum Electronics laboratory during the official launch of the Semiconductor Hub at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering in Los Angeles, on May 21, 2026. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP via Getty Images)

UCLA PhD Student in electrical engineering, Samuel Wang, points at chiplets diplayed on a semiconductor wafer at the Center for Heterogeneous and Performance Scaling laboratory during the official launch of the Semiconductor Hub at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering in Los Angeles, on May 21, 2026. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP via Getty Images)

UCLA PhD Student, Samuel Wang, observes the connexions between a chiplet and a semiconductor wafer are magnified on a screen at the Center for Heterogeneous and Performance Scaling laboratory during the official launch of the Semiconductor Hub at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering in Los Angeles, on May 21, 2026. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP via Getty Images)

A chiplet is inspected under a microscope at the Center for Heterogeneous and Performance Scaling laboratory during the official launch of the Semiconductor Hub at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering in Los Angeles, on May 21, 2026. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP via Getty Images)

A semiconductor wafer is scanned at the Center for Heterogeneous and Performance Scaling laboratory during the official launch of the Semiconductor Hub at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering in Los Angeles, on May 21, 2026. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP via Getty Images)

UCLA PhD Student, Jui-Han Liu, works at the Center for Heterogeneous and Performance Scaling laboratory during the official launch of the Semiconductor Hub at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering in Los Angeles, on May 21, 2026. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP via Getty Images)

UCLA PhD Student, Samuel Wang, observes the connexions between a chiplet and a semiconductor wafer are magnified on a screen at the Center for Heterogeneous and Performance Scaling laboratory during the official launch of the Semiconductor Hub at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering in Los Angeles, on May 21, 2026. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP via Getty Images)

This image provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab on Thursday, May 21, 2026, shows the Crystal Ball Nebula. (NSF NOIRLab via AP)