The Japanese government will again subsidize the production and development of semiconductors in Japan with a supplementary government budget for fiscal year 2022 (April 2022 to March...
As regionalization trend becomes hard to reverse and production regionalization is gaining momentum, US semiconductor heavyweights Micron, GlobalFoundries, Intel, and TI have all...
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix reportedly have been aggressively lobbying relevant units in Washington to seek a waiver from US chips curbs on China, aiming to prevent their existing...
In 2023, automotive chips will continue to play an important role in global semiconductor trade, but both mainstream automakers and EV startups are making a strategic turnaround due...
Government subsidies should encourage not only TSMC but also its smaller peers looking to accelerate their growth strategies, according to Frank Huang, chairman of Taiwan-based Powerchip...
Both TSMC and GlobalWafers should receive substantial government subsidies for their new US plants to cover the costs of operating the sites, according to sources at semiconductor...
With China stepping up the subsidizing of its IC industry, China-based IC backend houses would be able to initiate effective price cuts to attract orders in 2023, according to industry...
China remains ambitious to be self-sufficient for ICs despite the US' export controls against more Chinese chipmakers, including NAND flash memory maker Yangtze Memory Technology...
An amendment to the Statute for Industrial Innovation, drafted by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs and designed to provide higher tax incentives for R&D projects by local...
China's government reportedly plans to provide handsome subsidies to local chipmakers, which will allow them to cut their chip prices in 2023 to win more orders at the expense of...
As the US is eager to build its EV supply chain to reduce its reliance on China, LG Chem joined the ranks in expanding investments and building its largest cathode material plant...
American IDMs of RF components such as silicon-based filters are all proceeding with capacity expansions in the US, looking to seek government subsidies under the newly legislated...
Besides encouraging investment in nickel processing for EV batteries, Indonesia is looking to offer purchase subsidies to spur EV sales, while the global semiconductor slowdown negatively...
