While China is moving at full throttle toward the 'domestic substitution' goal for semiconductor equipment and materials, Chinese customers are also frantically placing orders or...
China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao sought to assure the head of ASML Holding NV that Beijing remains a reliable partner even as the Dutch government imposes new restrictions on...
Lithography technology is a mainstream means used by the semiconductor industry to define fine patterns. At present, the most advanced technology is EUV (extreme ultraviolet), and...
As the US rallies Japan and the Netherlands to tighten up semiconductor export controls against China, the world has been trying to estimate the extent of damage done to the Chinese...
At the ongoing GPU Technology Conference (GTC), Nvidia unveiled its breakthrough in computational lithography. The new Nvidia cuLitho software library introduces accelerated computing...
Amid a chip war between the US and China, ASML's multiple suppliers reportedly will visit major semiconductor-producing countries in Southeast Asia, looking to diversify away from...
Amid the escalating chip war between the US and China, chipmaking equipment suppliers outside of the US may get a temporary reprieve as the governments of the Netherlands and Japan...
Bowing to US pressure, the Netherlands announced export restrictions on the most advanced DUV tools, whose definition is viewed as vague and may not have a material effect on ASML's...
Applied Materials and ASML are both on a hiring spree in Taiwan, offering generous salaries and benefits in order to snare local talent, reportedly to support their expansions catering...
The Netherlands and Japan reportedly have struck a deal with the US to jointly restrict exports of chipmaking tools to China, which will further cripple the development of China's...
As regionalization trend becomes hard to reverse and production regionalization is gaining momentum, US semiconductor heavyweights Micron, GlobalFoundries, Intel, and TI have all...
A subsidiary of China-based Hunan Kaimeite Gases has recently announced that its lithography gas product has been certified as a qualified supplier of Cymer, a subsidiary of Dutch...
Lithography tool vendor ASML has reported net sales for the fourth quarter of 2022 at EUR6.4 billion (US$7 billion), coming in around the midpoint of the company's guidance, with...
Samsung Electronics reportedly will incorporate the latest EUV mask pellicles with a light transmittance rate of over 90% into its 3nm process for yield improvement, with the pellicles...
TSMC is expected to ramp up substantially its 3nm chip output starting mid 2023 to fulfill orders from multiple customers, according to sources at fab toolmakers.
