law. 7507. Programs for next-generation microelectronics in support of artificial intelligence (a) Program establishment Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Director of National Intelligence, acting through the Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, shall establish or otherwise oversee a program to advance microelectronics research. (b) Research Focus The Director of National Intelligence shall ensure that the research carried out under the program established under subsection (a) is focused on the following: (1) Advanced engineering and applied research into next-generation computing models, materials, devices, architectures, and algorithms to enable the advancement of artificial intelligence and machine learning. (2) Efforts to— (A) overcome challenges with engineering and applied research of microelectronics, including with respect to the physical limits on transistors, electrical interconnects, and memory elements