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Tuesday 20 September 2022
Incomplete factory engineering supply chain could slow new fab construction in Europe, US
Incomplete factory engineering industry supply chains, as well as insufficient manpower, could slow the construction of new wafer fabs in Europe and the US, according to industry...
Wednesday 7 September 2022
Raimondo vows to ensure Chips Act money is used to build chips 'only for America'
The US secretary of commerce Gina Raimondo outlined how the Chips Act funding will be used in a White House briefing on September 6, giving new information about how the subsidies...
Friday 2 September 2022
Backend houses see limited impact from tightened US chip export rules to China
Taiwan-based IC packaging and testing houses expect new restrictions imposed by the US to cut China off from high-end artificial intelligence (AI) chips will have a limited impact...
Friday 2 September 2022
Micron announces US$15 billion in new fab investment in Idaho following CHIPS Act
Micron Technology has announced plans to invest approximately US$15 billion through the end of the decade to construct a new fab for leading-edge memory manufacturing in Boise, Idaho...
Friday 26 August 2022
US Chips Act, Inflation Reduction Act boosting FDI interests from Taiwan
The White House has published a statement detailing the executive order signed by US president Joe Biden to implement the semiconductor funding in the bipartisan Chips and Science...
Thursday 25 August 2022
More ban on semiconductor equipment to China accelerating tech decoupling
The US government has started to expand the ban on semiconductor equipment exports to China to include equipment under 14nm processing nodes and memory manufacturing tools in August,...
Monday 22 August 2022
China-Taiwan relations: Is alarmism justified?
On August 2-3, the US speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, visited Taiwan for 16 hours. It was a visit of seismic proportions along the Pacific Ring of Fire. Speaker...
Friday 19 August 2022
Samsung to be hit by tougher US-imposed China chip ban
With the US tightening restrictions on China's access to chipmaking gear, such a development will have a negative impact on Samsung Electronics and other major Korea-based chipmakers,...
Monday 15 August 2022
No need for TSMC to take side between US and China: Q&A with Richard Thurston
The Chips and Science Act 2022 signed by US president Joe Biden on August 9 is seen as an important move to boost US competitiveness in the face of a "sputnik moment" with China....
Monday 15 August 2022
US imposes new export control to push China out of next generation semiconductor competition
The US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule on August 12 to impose restrictions on four emerging and fundamental technologies,...
Wednesday 10 August 2022
Micron announces US$40 billion investment plan despite gloomy revenue forecast
Micron Technology announced on August 9 it would invest US$40 billion to build leading-edge memory manufacturing in the US. The investment, according to Micron, will proceed in multiple...
Tuesday 9 August 2022
CEOs meet in summit before Chips Act signed into law
The CEOs and senior leaders from across the semiconductor supply chain from tool and wafer manufacturers to key suppliers to end users of chips manufactured in the US participated...
Friday 5 August 2022
Samsung 3nm node progresses as S Korea evaluates China exposure
Samsung Electronics officially began chip production using its latest 3nm Gate-All-Around (GAA) process node on June 30, and went on to celebrate the first shipment of GAA-based chips...
Friday 5 August 2022
Is 'mature technology' weaponized by Chips Act?
The recently passed Chips and Science Act 2022, now awaiting US president Joe Biden's signature, specifically indicates that recipients of the subsidies are not allowed to "engage...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research