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Monday 23 December 2024
TSMC capacity expansion powers supply chain for 2025 boom
TSMC is leveraging strong demand for sub-7nm advanced processes and its exclusive CoWoS packaging services, emerging as the leading beneficiary of the AI boom in 2024. Despite a slow...
Monday 23 December 2024
3DIC and packaging drive AI chip innovation at SEMICON Japan 2024
While SEMICON Japan 2024 highlighted 3DIC and advanced packaging equipment essential for artificial intelligence (AI) chips, the event saw fewer physical machinery demonstrations...
Monday 23 December 2024
Gree's 6-year chip success: SiC factory launches with 200 million units shipped, fully self-funded
On December 16, Gree Electric Chairwoman Ming-zhu Dong told Sina Finance CEO Qing-xu Deng, "Gree's chips have succeeded. We have achieved everything from independent research and...
Monday 23 December 2024
TSMC soars while Rapidus, SMIC stumble on state crutches
The global wafer foundry landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation. TSMC maintains its dominance in advanced nodes below 7 nanometers, while competitors Samsung and Intel...
Monday 23 December 2024
Samsung, Texas Instruments Finalize Chips Act Awards Deals
Samsung Electronics Co. and Texas Instruments Inc. completed final agreements to get billions of dollars of government support for new semiconductor plants in
the US, cementing...
Monday 23 December 2024
Weekly news roundup: Chinese chip crackdown intensifies as global semiconductor landscape shifts
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Monday 23 December 2024
Synaptics to assemble chips in India by 2027 as part of diversification strategy
US chip designer Synaptics Inc. aims to assemble and package at least 10% of its chips in India by 2027 to diversify its supply chain and reduce dependency on China.
Friday 20 December 2024
Merck to set up new advanced materials center in Japan
Merck has announced plans to invest over EUR70 million(US$72.53 million) to construct a new advanced materials development center (AMDC) at its Shizuoka site in Japan. This latest...
Friday 20 December 2024
AEMC expands chip materials capacity for 2nm
Advanced Echem Materials Company (AEMC), a specialty chemical materials supplier for semiconductors, has secured a position in a major chipmaker's supply chain and is planning capacity...
Friday 20 December 2024
Taiwan semiconductor industry raises concerns over green energy transition
The National Science and Technology Conference, held every four years by the Executive Yuan, is the highest-level meeting shaping Taiwan's technology policy. During the conference...
Friday 20 December 2024
China's chip equipment market faces triple threats: oversupply, sanctions, and structural shifts
The Chinese semiconductor industry faces a significant market correction as wafer fabs prepare for a downturn in 2025 amid oversupply concerns, causing substantial impacts across...
Thursday 19 December 2024
Rapidus begins installation of EUV equipment, aiming for multiple units
Rapidus, a Japanese company targeting the mass production of 2nm chips, has announced the delivery of Japan's first extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machine, the NXE:3800E, which...
Thursday 19 December 2024
Strict regulations stifle Taiwan's solar power growth, threatening semiconductor sector
Stringent regulations and restrictive land use policies have severely limited Taiwan's solar power development, failing to meet the semiconductor industry's growing demand for green...
Thursday 19 December 2024
Rapidus advances 2nm chip production with AI transport system
Rapidus shared progress on its 2-nanometer (nm) chip production preparations at SEMICON Japan 2024, highlighting its innovative AI-enabled overhead transport system. The company remains...
Thursday 19 December 2024
2nm race heats up: Japan enters as Samsung, Intel scramble against TSMC
The competition for advanced logic processes at the 2-nanometer level will enter its production phase in 2025. Following their absence in the 5nm and 3nm generations, both Intel and...
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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