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Tuesday 12 March 2024
Kaynes Semicon reportedly asked to move OSAT to Gujarat, potentially propelling the state towards chip hub status in India
India-based Kaynes Semicon is reportedly evaluating moving its OSAT facility from southern India to western India, as an increasing number of chip projects are looking to be established...
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Not just Nvidia: Intel and Qualcomm forge ahead with AI ambitions in 2024
During the 2024 Mobile World Congress (MWC), a noticeable trend emerged among US-based chip manufacturers, highlighting a heightened focus on AI integration. Companies like Qualcomm...
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Great expectations for AI highlight ABF pain points
The ABF substrate industry is in a quandary.
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Visa hurdles threaten operations of South Korean-owned US factories
The shortage of H-1B work visas has become a major obstacle for South Korean companies to expand their manufacturing operations in the US. The South Korean government is actively...
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Taiwan science parks see combined revenue decline in 2023; expansion plans and government support
According to Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), in 2023, the total combined revenue of Taiwan's government-developed science parks, which include Hsinchu Science...
Tuesday 12 March 2024
India braces for talent shortage amid semiconductor ambition
India, which provides 20% of talent in the chip design sector, will likely experience a talent shortage as the country strives to develop a self-reliant semiconductor ecosystem.
Tuesday 12 March 2024
ASIP Tech, partnered with South Korea's APACT, expects Indian OSAT approval soon
India's ASIP Technologies, which has partnered with the South Korean company APACT, has said it is close to receiving government approvals for its OSAT facility. This comes after...
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Backend houses upbeat about orders for memory chips
With memory chipmakers ready to scale up output, industry sources indicated that backend houses are optimistic about orders from the memory sector beginning in the second quarter...
Tuesday 12 March 2024
India expects 2-3 wafer fabs and three ATMP/OSAT facilities in coming years
After India approved three chip projects to develop a local chipmaking ecosystem, an Indian government official disclosed the country is likely to see at least 2-3 wafer fabs and...
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Ex-SMIC R&D EVP joins Chinese memory maker CXMT
Zhou Meisheng, former EVP of technology R&D at Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), has joined Chinese DRAM manufacturer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT).
Monday 11 March 2024
Chip titan ASML suffers new strain of 'Dutch disease': Lionel Laurent
The bigger they are, the harder they lobby. Europe's largest tech firm, chipmaking-machine supplier ASML Holding NV, has sent the Dutch government href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-06/asml-plan-to-expand-abroad-worries-government-telegraaf-says"...
Monday 11 March 2024
Top-5 wafer fab equipment makers see combined revenue slip 1% in 2023
At US$93.5 billion in 2023, the combined revenue of the top five Wafer Fabrication Equipment (WFE) manufacturers decreased by 1% annually due to sluggish memory spending, a macroeconomic...
Monday 11 March 2024
SK Hynix reported has submitted 12-layer HBM3E samples to Nvidia
Players in the memory industry are fiercely competing with each other in developing the fifth-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) HBM3E due to the intense demand from AI GPUs....
Monday 11 March 2024
Experts disagree on cost and efficiency of High-NA EUV
At a recent meeting held in San Jose, California, experts expressed a diverging view on the future of EUV. Some believe that EUV, coupled with double patterning and advanced packaging,...
Monday 11 March 2024
2024 Industry Outlook (8): the Paradigm Shift from dotcom to AI
The winners before the creation of cell phones were Cisco and telecom service companies such as Nokia and Ericsson. However, with the launch of the iPhone in 2007, the cell phone...
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