The Cookâs Tour: SkyWater Technology Foundry is an emergent semiconductor manufacturer for which its uniqueness lies in being a solely U.S.-owned-and-operated, DMEA1 Trusted Semiconductor Foundry with ITAR compliance. The operative word in front of âfoundryâ is âtechnologyâ as opposed to âspecialty.â We mine the difference and take a tour to review the fab, tactics, and strategy. And to assess SkyWaterâs position in the semiconductor industry.