Japan is earmarking ¥129.4 billion ($902 million) to Rohm Co. and Toshiba Corp.'s joint push to boost production of power semiconductors, seen as key to lifting energy efficiency...
Quantum technology, initially used in semiconductor R&D, is now making significant strides in optimizing combinatorial processes. Japan's semiconductor player Rohm is beginning...
Despite recent skepticism about TSMC's plan to set up a factory in Germany in light of the country's budget crisis, the firm has stated that it has not aborted this project. Challenges...
Japan-based Fuso Chemical, the global leader in semiconductor CMP slurries with a 90% market share, is set to invest JPY 50 billion (US$350 million) in a significant production expansion...
After a meeting between Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, it was stated that Japan hopes Nvidia will supply as many GPUs as possible to Japanese companies...
One of the chipmaking industry's small but indispensable suppliers is sinking deeper in debt because it's refusing to raise prices to cover mounting capex costs.
China has imposed stricter export controls on graphite, a critical EV battery material, since December 1. Many Japan-based companies relying on China's raw materials have been diversifying...
Key gauges of activity at Asia's factories failed to turn around the bearish sentiment in November, as global demand for goods remained soft and China's faltering economic recovery...
TSMC is already exploring the feasibility of a third fab in Japan, having just agreed with the Japanese government to construct its second fab in the country, according to industry...
The Japanese government has recently greenlit the creation of a JPY1 trillion (about US$6.6 billion) fund dedicated to fostering the space industry's growth over the next decade....
Toyota Motor and its two affiliates, Toyota Industries and Aisin plan to sell 10% of their stakes in Denso, the world's second-largest tier-1 automotive supplier. The move likely...
The model FPA-1200NZ2C from Canon, a nanoscale imprinting machine, has been making headlines recently, although it first appeared in academic journals as early as 2015. The resurgence...
Monitoring the driver's state is critical to facilitate road safety. Stockholm-headquartered Tobii has launched a software for driver monitoring system (DMS) leveraging its eye-tracking...
Kokusai Electric Corp., a Japanese semiconductor equipment maker, went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in late October 2023. Although it went public during the semiconductor downturn,...
