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Monday 29 July 2024
Samsung invests in AI chip startups DreamBig and Axelera AI
Samsung Electronics is ramping up investment efforts in AI chip startups to strengthen its competitiveness in new-generation AI semiconductor technologies.
Monday 29 July 2024
Amkor granted CHIPS Act incentives for Arizona plant
Amkor Technology has signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms with the US Department of Commerce to receive proposed funding as part of the CHIPS and Science Act, according...
Wednesday 17 July 2024
GlobalWafers receives US$400 million of CHIPS Act funding
On July 17, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a non-binding Preliminary Memorandum of Terms (PMT) between the US Department of Commerce and GlobalWafers America, LLC and MEMC...
Friday 12 July 2024
NASA uses AR to improve spacecraft assembly efficiency
The Goddard Space Flight Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has introduced Augmented Reality (AR) technology into the spacecraft assembly process for...
Wednesday 10 July 2024
US to invest up to US$1.6 billion to award domestic semiconductor advanced packaging R&D efforts
On July 9, the US Department of Commerce issued a Notice...
Monday 8 July 2024
India IC startup secures US$5 million funding
iVP Semi, an India-based IC design house, has recently been established and has secured US$5 million in pre-Series A funding. The startup plans to leverage this investment to establish...
Monday 8 July 2024
Canada unveils US$88.2 million semiconductor funding
According to Bloomberg, Electronic Product and Technology, and Proactive Investors, the Canadian government has announced a CAD120 million (US$88.2 million)...
Wednesday 3 July 2024
US to fight labor shortage with new Chips Act worker program
The Biden administration is kicking off a program to cultivate the US computer-chip workforce, aiming to stave off a labor shortage that threatens to undermine domestic semiconductor...
Tuesday 2 July 2024
Entegris to receive up to US$75 million in CHIPS Act grants
Entegris and the US Department of Commerce have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) for up to US$75 million in proposed direct support under the CHIPS and Science...
Friday 28 June 2024
Computing is the new currency: Axelera AI bags US$68 million, eyes for global AI expansion
Netherlands-based Axelera AI, an AI acceleration hardware and software provider has announced the successful completion of their US$68 million Series B financing round.
Wednesday 26 June 2024
CHT to cultivate more global cash cows like CHPT and Chief Telecom
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) continues to nurture startups by investing in 5G accelerators and innovation competitions.
Wednesday 26 June 2024
Poland's CEZAMAT supports the nation's photonics prowess and wider European chip ambitions
One of the largest high-tech R&D investment projects in Poland, the Centre for Advanced Materials and Technology (CEZAMAT) under the Warsaw University of Technology has been a...
Thursday 20 June 2024
TSMC pledges NT$4 billion for education boost amid strengthening US-Taiwan academic ties
TSMC has approved a donation of up to NT$4 billion (US$139.86 million) to four universities, selected high schools, and girls' high schools in Taiwan, aiming to fulfill its corporate...
Wednesday 5 June 2024
For Big Fund Phase 3, the devil is in the funding structure details
The long-rumored third phase of China's national semiconductor fund, commonly known as "the Big Fund," has finally been officially announced. The fund scale of CNY344 billion (US$47.5...
Friday 24 May 2024
Biden moves to secure Chips Act funding for Kenya's Ruto
The US is proposing to make Kenya the first country in Africa to benefit from funding in the Chips and Science Act, according to White House officials, underscoring the countries'...