Uncle Sam earmarks $54M of CHIPS funding for small-biz semiconductor boffinry

Up to 24 outfits to bag taxpayer cash for projects 'developing a viable product or service' for US chip industry

Small businesses wishing they could get their hands on some of those billions of dollars in semiconductor funding being doled out as part of America's CHIPS Act are in luck, as the White House has set aside $54 million for tiny firms with big ideas.…