I've been thinking that with supply chains breaking down, there's possibly a market opportunity for semiconductors to move back to older, cheaper process nodes that are easier to build a fab for, ensure there's a robust supply, and recover some of the recent performance improvements through less-bloated software. Chips were "good enough" back around 2001, when the 130nm process was introduced. In a world where you can't count on robust transportation & commerce and global (or even national) markets may fragment, it may make sense to be able to assure chip supply locally, even at the expense of absolute performance (which is less important when you can't be sure there's a single winner-take-all market). Would this program be a step toward that world?