Rapidus, a Japanese semiconductor startup aiming to mass-produce 2nm chips by 2027, faces significant funding, technology, and market competitiveness challenges.
Intel's EUR10 billion (approx. US$10.5 billion) semiconductor plant in Magdeburg, Germany, has hit a major roadblock as the country faces a critical budget tug-of-war between funding...
Japan may have pioneered perovskite solar cell (PSC) technology, but mass production remains elusive. In China, however, at least six startups are racing ahead, building PSC factories...
In February 2024, Intel began independently reporting revenue and profit data for Intel Foundry Services (IFS), distinguishing it from the main product division. This strategic move...
The Federal Reserve announced a rate cut of 25 basis points, signaling the beginning of a rate-cutting cycle for the first time in four years. Electronic component distributors believe...
The Japan-based startup founded by former Google researchers, Sakana AI, announced that it has received a total of JPY20 billion (US$138 million) from various investors including...
Recent reports suggest that Chinese GPU startup Xiangdixian Computing Technology has collapsed due to funding issues and dismissed its entire workforce. However, the company later...
India-based IC design house BigEndian Semiconductors raised US$3 million and aims to partner with Taiwan-based UMC to launch security chips amid the emergence of a local semiconductor...
Reports indicate that Xiangdixian, a China-based GPU design house considered a potential rival to Nvidia, has declared bankruptcy due to cash flow issues and has laid off nearly 400...
Rapidus, aiming to begin mass production of 2-nanometer chips in Japan by 2027, is seeking significant financial support for its trial production and eventual mass production.
With TSMC expanding its presence in the United States, Japan, and Europe, many suppliers have followed suit, venturing abroad to establish new operations.
The scope of the US Chips Act appears to have exceeded that of the China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund II (Big Fund II), but the American government's goal of reshoring...
Texas Instruments (TI) and the US Department of Commerce have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms for up to US$1.6 billion in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS...
