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Monday 11 December 2023
Weekly news roundup: With 300 immersion lithography DUV machines, can China expand advanced chip capacity and other top stories
These are the most-read tech stories during the week of December 4-8:
Tuesday 5 December 2023
China Big Fund II injects US$1 billion into HLMC, may aid advanced chip development
Although the limelight of global media was cast on SMIC for its 7nm chips used in Huawei's Mate 60 Pro smartphone, Shanghai Huali Microelectronics Corp (HLMC), the other China foundry...
Wednesday 29 November 2023
The application of the nanoimprint lithography (2): Latest market development
The model FPA-1200NZ2C from Canon, a nanoscale imprinting machine, has been making headlines recently, although it first appeared in academic journals as early as 2015. The resurgence...
Tuesday 28 November 2023
The application of nanoimprint lithography (1): technology and challenges
Recently, the Japanese semiconductor equipment manufacturer Canon released the nanoimprint lithography (NIL) machine FPA-1200NZ2C, capable of achieving a 5-nanometer process node...
Monday 27 November 2023
Samsung conducts mass production test for EUV key component PGMEA made by Korean supplier
Samsung Electronics is conducting mass production quality tests on a high-concentration, environmentally friendly "propylene glycol methyl ether acetate" (PGMEA) developed by a South...
Monday 27 November 2023
Weekly news roundup: Micron and GlobalFoundries hit by US trade sanction shockwave and other top stories
These are the most-read articles during the week of November 20-24:
Thursday 23 November 2023
Restricting TSMC benefits SMIC, multi-patterning prohibitively costly, said lithography guru
With the ongoing US-China tensions, Huawei exemplified its ability to make 7nm chips without EUV equipment, and chip guru Burn Lin believes it's not surprising for Huawei to achieve...
Monday 20 November 2023
Recent activities of SMEE and CIOMP show EUV development efforts progressing in China
Chinese semiconductor equipment manufacturers are luring experts to develop their extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment to decrease reliance on ASML EUVs, which was blocked...
Thursday 16 November 2023
Nikon and Canon to compete in lithography market share with cost-effective tools
The two Japanese tech giants, Nikon and Canon, are making waves in the semiconductor machinery sector. After a quarter-century hiatus, Nikon reenters the market with an i-line stepper...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
How SMIC takes advantage of the semiconductor industry business downcycle for capacity expansion
The most notable point from China's leading foundry SMIC's Q3 conference recently was its counter-trend upward revision of the 2023 capital expenditure to a substantial $7.5 billion...
Friday 3 November 2023
ASML has installed 1,400 DUV & metrology machines in China
China contributed towards 46% of Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASML's system...
Monday 23 October 2023
Could new US ban sever underground resale trade for DUV machines in China?
In its latest semiconductor-related trade curbs against China, the US government didn't impose specific sanctions associated with 7nm mobile SoC manufactured by SMIC for Huawei and...
Friday 20 October 2023
Can synchrotron radiation be used as lithography machine light source?
The light generated by synchrotron radiation is produced when charged particles are accelerated by an electric field, unlike lasers that generate coherent light using transitions...
Monday 2 October 2023
Huawei's SoC layout and hidden efforts: examined through the lens of 'chip peace'
After Huawei's Mate 60 Pro, featuring the 7nm Kirin 9000S processor produced by SMIC, caused a stir, Dr. Burn-Jeng Lin, dean of the College of Semiconductor Research under Taiwan's...
Tuesday 19 September 2023
AI boom sparks silicon photonics applications
Silicon photonics technology was hotly discussed during the SEMICON Taiwan 2023. At the Silicon Photonics Global Summit held September 5 alongside the exhibition, I was invited to...