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Wednesday 4 December 2024
New US trade ban may impede Tsinghua Unigroup's comeback
Chinese semiconductor firm Tsinghua Unigroup's road to recovery faces new obstacles, as its two major stakeholders, Beijing Wise Road Asset Management (Wise Road Capital) and Beijing...
Wednesday 4 December 2024
TEL invests US$617 million in new southern Taiwan operations center
Tokyo Electron (TEL) has recently established a new operations center at the Southern Taiwan Science Park, expanding beyond its existing operational offices in Linkou, Hsinchu, Taichung,...
Wednesday 4 December 2024
Intel's CEO search widens its scope: Marvell chief, Cadence veteran emerge as candidates
Following Pat Gelsinger's retirement announcement, Intel is reportedly expanding its search for a successor beyond company ranks. The chipmaker has enlisted a headhunting firm and...
Wednesday 4 December 2024
AWS unveils 3nm Trainium3 for AI workloads
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled its latest innovation, the Trainium3 chip, featuring an advanced 3nm manufacturing process and scheduled for release in late 2025. The announcement...
Wednesday 4 December 2024
Fujifilm Electronics Materials Taiwan breaks ground on new plant in Hsinchu
Fujifilm Electronic Materials Taiwan held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new facility in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, on December 2. The event drew several prominent Fujifilm executives,...
Wednesday 4 December 2024
Gelsinger's departure from Intel piques interest in Entity List among Chinese semiconductor firms
According to industry sources, the surprise departure of Pat Gelsinger from Intel has somewhat piqued Chinese semiconductor firms' interest in the Entity List that the US has just...
Wednesday 4 December 2024
ASM expands Taiwan footprint in Hsinchu as upstream suppliers cluster around TSMC
ASM's Taiwanese subsidiary held an opening ceremony for its new office in Hsinchu, following similar moves by other global semiconductor equipment and materials suppliers including...
Wednesday 4 December 2024
Microchip pauses Chips Act application amid inventory woes
Microchip Technology Inc. is pausing its application for US semiconductor subsidies, making it the first known company to step back from a program designed to revitalize American...
Wednesday 4 December 2024
Pat Gelsinger's retirement opens doors for potential transactions at Intel
Intel's CEO Pat Gelsinger's unexpected resignation has created new opportunities for the company to explore potential transaction options, including those previously rejected during...
Wednesday 4 December 2024
China to accelerate HBM self-sufficiency leaving DDR5 with turbulence
The latest wave of export restrictions from the US on High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), particularly targeting advanced technologies such as HBM2 and above, is set to compel China's memory...
Wednesday 4 December 2024
Reviving Intel from the ashes: TSMC veterans eyed as Gelsinger successor
Intel, historically a leader in the semiconductor sector, is encountering a significant crisis following the reportedly forced retirement of its former CEO. The challenge lies in...
Wednesday 4 December 2024
Why CXMT escapes new series of US sanctions
The new US export restrictions on China do not include ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), which has sparked discussions among industry observers regarding how the key Chinese memory...
Wednesday 4 December 2024
China sends warning to Biden and Trump with gallium and germanium export ban against US
On December 3, China declared an export ban on these metals to the US, a retaliatory action following US President Joe Biden's administration's introduction of new technology restrictions...
Wednesday 4 December 2024
Marvell reports strong 3Q24 results, driven by AI silicon demand
Marvell reported strong fiscal third-quarter results with a 6.87% revenue increase, driven by record data center revenue, primarily from custom AI silicon. The company forecasts continued...
Wednesday 4 December 2024
Samsung and SK Hynix collaborate to promote LPDDR6-PIM standardization
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, while competing in memory development for artificial intelligence (AI), have agreed to collaborate on accelerating technology standardization.