Investment demand for chips used in generative AI is benefiting several Japanese semiconductor equipment manufacturers, with Tokyo Electron (TEL) raising its full-year profit outlo...
Grand Process Technology Company (GPTC), a Taiwan-based semiconductor equipment company involved in the supply chain for TSMC's CoWoS packaging, aims to leverage the rising demand.
Machvision's board has approved a NT$274 million (US$8.6 million) strategic investment to acquire 13% of Hye Technology's common shares. The investment will represent 11.5% of Hye's...
Leading Chinese semiconductor equipment manufacturers, including ACM Research (Shanghai), AMEC, and Naura, have boosted their R&D investments to accelerate the development of...
The semiconductor industry began in the early 1970s and is now the largest segment among Zeiss's four major divisions. Under President Andreas Pecher's arrangement, I met CTO Thomas...
Kioxia, a Japanese NAND flash manufacturer, forecasts a 2.7-fold increase in NAND memory demand by 2028, driven by AI, which is expected to impact SSD prices significantly. The company's...
In response to circulating online rumors that SpaceX has requested its Taiwanese suppliers to relocate manufacturing operations abroad, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)...
The Semiconductor Assembly Test Automation and Standardization Research Association (SATAS), a consortium of over 20 Japanese companies, has secured up to JPY20 billion (US$130 million)...
A recent annual forum for the chipmaking equipment and materials sectors was hosted in Tainan, southern Taiwan, bringing together executives from TSMC and its ecosystem partners including...
Zeiss president Andreas Pecher asked me how DIGITIMES observes Zeiss. I replied that it could gradually transition from an R&D focus to application markets, striking an appropriate...
After TSMC announced plans for a US fab producing advanced sub-5nm chips, a milestone tool-in ceremony was held in December 2022 to celebrate the arrival of the first batch of equipment...
The Trump administration first imposed export restrictions on semiconductor equipment to China in 2019, targeting ASML's EUV lithography machines. The Biden administration has since...
With the global recovery of tourism and theme park industries post-pandemic, demand for amusement equipment is surging, boosting business for leading simulation technology provider...
Under alleged pressure from the US government, sources reveal that Applied Materials and other major US semiconductor equipment manufacturers are instructing suppliers—both...
Samsung Electronics plans to open its new semiconductor research and development campus in mid-November. The installation of advanced equipment is set to take place from November...
