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Thursday 14 November 2024
Samsung reportedly completing HBM4 development by 2025 to secure Nvidia orders
Maeil Business Newspaper reports that Samsung Electronics (Samsung) is set to finish the development of its sixth-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM4) by 2025 to secure...
Wednesday 13 November 2024
TEL benefits from AI demand; revenue share from China projected to decline
Investment demand for chips used in generative AI is benefiting several Japanese semiconductor equipment manufacturers, with Tokyo Electron (TEL) raising its full-year profit outlo...
Wednesday 13 November 2024
With CoWoS demand booming, fab equipment maker GPTC seeks to keep up with TSMC
Grand Process Technology Company (GPTC), a Taiwan-based semiconductor equipment company involved in the supply chain for TSMC's CoWoS packaging, aims to leverage the rising demand.
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Chinese fab toolmakers invest more in R&D amidst domestic replacement wave
Leading Chinese semiconductor equipment manufacturers, including ACM Research (Shanghai), AMEC, and Naura, have boosted their R&D investments to accelerate the development of...
Wednesday 13 November 2024
From the known to the unknown: Inside Zeiss's semiconductor journey
The semiconductor industry began in the early 1970s and is now the largest segment among Zeiss's four major divisions. Under President Andreas Pecher's arrangement, I met CTO Thomas...
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Trump's second term set to shake up US tech landscape: ripples across AI, semiconductors, EVs, and China ties
During his US presidential campaign trail, President-Elect Donald Trump vowed to overturn key Biden administration policies. Now, with his election victory, the tech sector awaits...
Wednesday 13 November 2024
TSMC now reportedly operates over half of global EUVs, weighs high-NA adoption
Each low-numerical aperture (NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system costs over US$100 million, making it one of the most expensive semiconductor manufacturing tools in history...
Tuesday 12 November 2024
TSMC board approves US$15 billion for new facility and advanced node capacity
TSMC's board of directors has approved capital appropriations of approximately US$15.48 billion for the primary purposes of new fab construction, the installation of fab facility...
Tuesday 12 November 2024
Japan pledges fresh US$65 billion in support for chips and AI
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged more than US$65 billion of fresh support for the nation's semiconductor and artificial intelligence sector as Tokyo looks to keep up...
Tuesday 12 November 2024
Fitipower eyes 2025 growth with ESL, mobile DDIs amid nine-quarter revenue high
Taiwan-based display driver IC (DDI) manufacturer Fitipower Integrated Technology reported that its revenue for the third quarter reached nearly a nine-quarter high. The growth of...
Tuesday 12 November 2024
Merger speculation raises questions for Intel, AMD future
Recently reports have emerged that the Biden administration has proposed a controversial plan to bolster Intel by merging its chip design division with AMD's corresponding departments...
Tuesday 12 November 2024
Kai-Fu Lee: AI 2.0 is the third wave of tech revolution, slams current AI ecosystem as unhealthy
Amidst China's raging AI boom, Kai-Fu Lee, Chairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI has gone on record criticizing the structure of the AI ecosystem while outlining where...
Tuesday 12 November 2024
Intel's German fab plans face setbacks amid the collapse of governing coalition
While global attention focuses on the US presidency transition, Germany's "traffic light" coalition government collapsed on November 6.
Tuesday 12 November 2024
Samsung eyes TSMC alliance to close HBM gap with SK Hynix
Nvidia is gearing up to debut its next-gen "Rubin" GPU in 2025, featuring eight HBM4 chips, with a Rubin Ultra version to follow, packing twelve. In a strategic bid to reclaim HBM...
Tuesday 12 November 2024
Taiwan advances quantum tech research for defense and industry applications
AI, biomedicine, quantum computing, innovative semiconductor materials, and advanced semiconductor manufacturing are shaping up as pivotal areas for Taiwan's future research and development,...