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Monday 28 October 2024
Tokyo Electron opens third South Korea R&D center to enhance support for local chip giants
Tokyo Electron has unveiled its third R&D center, the Tokyo Electron Technology Center Korea-2, in South Korea, strategically located to better serve clients like Samsung Electronics...
Monday 28 October 2024
PCB equipment makers eye semiconductor market amid global capacity crunch
The semiconductor industry is currently grappling with insufficient capacity due to a recent surge in global demand. This has prompted major players to explore alternatives, consequently...
Monday 28 October 2024
Taiwan unveils defense plan to shield major science parks from potential Chinese drone strikes, blockade
The surge in Chinese military exercises near Taiwan underscores an urgent need to fortify the island's infrastructure, as the risk of gray-zone tactics escalating into a full-scale...
Monday 28 October 2024
Korean chipmakers lukewarm on India's semiconductor expansion
As the US persists with its chip restrictions on China, global semiconductor firms are increasingly eyeing India as a prime investment destination. Capitalizing on this trend, India...
Monday 28 October 2024
Rapidus's Hokkaido 2nm fab nears completion, eyes 1.4nm production with government support
Rapidus has announced that its first wafer fab in Hokkaido, which is intended for 2mm chip production, is now 80% complete. The company also aims to progress to 1.4mm chips if its...
Monday 28 October 2024
India roundup: Nvidia pivots to India as growth engine
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urges India to be an AI manufacturing powerhouse as well as an exporter. Foxconn procured equipment from Apple amid global production relocation.
Monday 28 October 2024
China's auto industry embraces local chip production with RISC-V architecture
China's automotive sector increasingly recognizes the critical importance of local chip production, prompting a shift towards the open-source RISC-V instruction set architecture....
Monday 28 October 2024
Huawei sparks new tech war tensions over advanced chip flows
The reported transfer of TSMC's advanced chips to Huawei has triggered concerns over potential violations of US sanctions. Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs has launched an investigation,...
Monday 28 October 2024
Unlikely allies: why Samsung is expected to decline Intel's proposed foundry partnership
Recent reports from South Korean media indicate that Intel is in talks with Samsung Electronics to explore potential collaboration in foundry services and resource sharing. However,...
Monday 28 October 2024
TSMC sports day: What did Morris Chang and C.C. Wei say?
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) held its 2024 Sports Day in Hsinchu on October 26, with founder Morris Chang, age 93, in attendance.
Monday 28 October 2024
Weekly news roundup: Micron, Intel, Tesla hit by China's national security measures; SiC prices plunge as Chinese capacity soars
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of October 21 - October 25.
Monday 28 October 2024
TSMC Arizona chip yields surpass Taiwan's, a win for US push
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has achieved early production yields at its first plant in Arizona that surpass similar factories back home, a significant breakthrough for...
Friday 25 October 2024
Samsung reveals silicon capacitors and 3.5D packaging roadmap
Jeong Gi-tae, vice president of Samsung Electronics' foundry business unit, recently revealed the development roadmap for the company's wafer foundry technology at an industry-academic...
Friday 25 October 2024
Intel reportedly invites Samsung to form foundry alliance, aiming to catch up to TSMC
Recent reports from South Korea suggest that Intel has privately initiated discussions with Samsung Electronics to explore the possibility of forming a "foundry alliance." Both companies...
Friday 25 October 2024
Win Semi upbeat about compound semiconductors for AI, satellite communication applications
Compound semiconductors are crucial in the rapid advancement of AI, data center applications, and satellite communication, according to Yu-Chi Wang, vice chairman of GaAs foundry...
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