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White House cuts data centers, batteries, and AR from the US critical technology list
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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has published its renewed National Security Science & Technology Strategy, and Appendix A of the 24-page document rewrites the federal Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) list for the first time since February 2024, shrinking it from 18 categories to 14.
Key facts
- Integrated photonics is a new semiconductor subfield, and where the 2024 list said only "novel materials for advanced microelectronics," the 2026 version names 2D materials as an example
- Technologies for improving AI safety, trust, security, and responsible use" and "AI assurance and assessment techniques" were both deleted from the AI category and replaced by "interpretability
- Advanced gas turbine engine technologies, which in 2024 covered aerospace and industrial engine production plus full-authority digital engine control, have no successor anywhere in the new list
- The advanced computing category of 2024 was renamed future computing technologies and lost advanced cloud services, high-performance data storage and data centers, advanced modeling and simulation
Summary
Intel's roadmaps examined, 14A, Nova Lake, Diamond Rapids & AI accelerator push. Federal agencies use the CET list when they write export control rules, screen foreign investment through CFIUS, vet federally funded research proposals, and set R&D budget priorities, so additions and deletions carry serious weight. Advanced gas turbine engine technologies, which in 2024 covered aerospace and industrial engine production plus full-authority digital engine control, have no successor anywhere in the new list. The advanced computing category of 2024 was renamed future computing technologies and lost advanced cloud services, high-performance data storage and data centers, advanced modeling and simulation, and data processing techniques.