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Thursday 27 June 2024
Taiwan's chip industry at a crossroads: geopolitical shifts and challenges unveiled by former TSMC R&D director
Taiwan is indispensable in global chip-making, yet the island nation is under threat from geopolitical forces and internal pressures like declining birth rates, environmental challenges,...
Wednesday 26 June 2024
Honda launches N-VANe: budget BEV to compete with Chinese rivals
Honda, the Japanese automotive conglomerate, announced that it will launch a budget Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) in October 2024 in Japan, and consumers can get one for less than...
Tuesday 25 June 2024
Japanese motor giant Nidec bets big on AI server cooling devices as new growth driver
Japanese motor manufacturer Nidec is shifting its growth strategy to focus on cooling devices for Generative AI (GenAI) servers, anticipating this business will grow to an annual...
Tuesday 25 June 2024
Made-in-US lithium battery cells show production delay
In-house production of lithium battery cells by some US-based manufacturers is not going as smoothly as expected due to delays in factory construction and manufacturing progress,...
Friday 21 June 2024
China's EV makers got US$ 231 billion aid over 15 years, study says
China's electric vehicle industry received at least $231 billion in government subsidies and aid from 2009 through to the end of last year, even as the amount of support per vehicle...
Wednesday 19 June 2024
TSMC chairman's visit to Europe - to negotiate prices for High NA EUVs and German subsidies
The visit of top Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) executives to Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASML in late May had many media speculating whether TSMC...
Friday 31 May 2024
Japan considering ways to provide additional financial resources to Rapidus
As previous subsidies of a total of JPY920 billion (nearly US$6 billion) may not be sufficient to help Rapidus achieve its goal of mass-producing 2nm chips, Japan's Ministry of Economy,...
Wednesday 22 May 2024
Taiwan seeks new funding solution for AMD's R&D center subsidy
The government will withhold approval of AMD's application to establish an R&D center in Taiwan until the source of related subsidy funding, potentially covering 35-40% of the...
Friday 3 May 2024
China's chip self-sufficiency dream a 21st Century Great Leap Forward? How much longer can it subsidize?
Against the backdrop of a secular slowdown in economic growth and a real-estate bubble burst that added debt burdens, how much longer can China continue to subsidize its industries...
Tuesday 30 April 2024
Asahi Kasei to build large battery separator plant in Canada with US IRA subsidy support
Japan's Asahi Kasei has unveiled plans to construct an integrated plant in Ontario, Canada.
Friday 26 April 2024
Micron granted US$6.1 billion in US subsidies
The US Department of Commerce and Micron Technology have signed a non-binding Preliminary Memorandum of Terms (PMT) to provide up to US$6.14 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS...
Wednesday 24 April 2024
Micron to step up AI memory fabs construction in US after securing gov't grants
American memory chip giant Micron Technology, which has not built a new fab in the US for 20 years, is expected to step up its construction of new manufacturing facilities in New...
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Japan's semiconductor subsidies eclipse global peers as percentage of GDP
According to data from a consultative council of the Japanese government, subsidies provided to the semiconductor industry by the Japanese government over the past three years have...
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Despite US subsidies, challenges just about to begin for TSMC and Samsung
TSMC and Samsung Electronics stand to gain from subsidies provided by the US government to a lesser extent, according to sources at semiconductor equipment companies.
Wednesday 10 April 2024
TSMC to enter 2nm, A14 process generations on schedule
TSMC is making progress toward entering the A14 and 2nm process generations as planned, according to sources at fab toolmakers.