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Thursday 6 June 2024
Renesas to help talent training in chip industry in India
According to Renesas' press release, on June 3, the Japan-based semiconductor solution provider and the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) signed a three-year memorandum...
Wednesday 5 June 2024
Gelsinger's canceled visit has South Korean industry concerned about marginalization in AI semiconductors
After delivering a keynote speech at Computex 2024, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger was originally scheduled to visit South Korea on June 5 to attend Intel's AI forum. However, recent reports...
Wednesday 5 June 2024
Semiconductor foundry utilization rates seen higher than 80% in 2H24, thanks to AI boom
Driven by the Artificial Intelligence (AI) fervor, semiconductor foundry utilization rates are recovering worldwide. Industry sources in South Korea say that the average global semiconductor...
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...
Wednesday 5 June 2024
To appeal to Taiwan's supply chain, Germany and the Netherlands partner to expand semiconductor ecosystem
The German Trade Office Taipei (GTO) and the Netherlands Office Taipei (NLOT) recently co-hosted a seminar titled "How Germany & Netherlands Shape the Semiconductor Landscape,"
Wednesday 5 June 2024
Mobile phone surge powers Win Semiconductors into 2024
As the mobile phone market gears up for its traditional peak season, Win Semiconductors, the leading GaAs (gallium arsenide) wafer foundry, is poised to capitalize on the growing...
Monday 3 June 2024
SPIL invests US$1.276 billion to build facility in Penang, Malaysia
Semiconductor packaging and testing company Siliconware Precision Industry Ltd. (SPIL) announced recently that it will invest MLR 6 billion (US$1.276 billion) to build a packaging...
Monday 3 June 2024
Why China needs US$47.5 billion for Big Fund Phase 3 when chip oversupply is already a concern?
Announcing a US$47.5 billion funding for Phase 3 of the National IC Industry Investment Fund (the "Big Fund"), China's next move is under the eye of global chip players.
Friday 31 May 2024
AI chips for all: DEEPX CEO Lokwon Kim's vision to democratize AI technology
The applications of AI are becoming increasingly widespread in our daily lives. With the continuous iteration of generative AI and large language models, various innovative applications...
Thursday 30 May 2024
Samsung's new chip chief seeks to rally troops after setbacks
The new head of Samsung Electronics Co.'s semiconductor division urged employees to work their way past challenges in the business, making his first remarks to staff after the surprise...
Wednesday 29 May 2024
Samsung strengthens AI from three aspects: semiconductors, GenAI, home appliances
To establish its foothold amidst the AI wave, Samsung Electronics has been aggressively enhancing the competitiveness of its AI business through semiconductors, Generative AI, and...
Wednesday 29 May 2024
Semiconductor industry co-opetition between Taiwan and South Korea
The semiconductor industry is the lifeblood of South Korea, a country that heavily depends on its exports. In 2023, South Korea exported US$131 billion of semiconductors and imported...
Tuesday 28 May 2024
China can break through US EUV ban with mature-node innovation, but how?
China's Huawei claims to have successfully achieved domestic substitution of using its self-developed 7nm and 5nm chips in its smartphones and has boosted market standings of HiSilicon...
Tuesday 28 May 2024
Russia to produce 350nm chips with its self-developed lithography machines in 2024, says Chinese media
Vasily Shpak, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, was quoted by Ijiwei, a Chinese media focusing on semiconductor news that Russia will soon...
Monday 27 May 2024
China creates US$47.5 billion chip fund to back nation's firms
China has set up the country's largest-ever semiconductor investment fund to propel the development of the domestic chip industry, the latest effort from Beijing to achieve self-sufficiency...