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Tuesday 12 March 2024
Taiwan expands Aviation FTZ to expedite AI chips and server shipment
Generative AI has driven huge demand for High-Performance Computing (HPC) chips and AI servers, turning Taiwan into the hardware distribution center for Generative AI hardware in...
Tuesday 12 March 2024
ASIP Tech, partnered with South Korea's APACT, expects Indian OSAT approval soon
India's ASIP Technologies, which has partnered with the South Korean company APACT, has said it is close to receiving government approvals for its OSAT facility. This comes after...
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Network IC market outlook remains uncertain
Despite supply chain inventory levels returning to normal, fabless chipmakers and IC distributors are still uncertain about network IC market prospects for this year.
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Backend houses upbeat about orders for memory chips
With memory chipmakers ready to scale up output, industry sources indicated that backend houses are optimistic about orders from the memory sector beginning in the second quarter...
Tuesday 12 March 2024
India expects 2-3 wafer fabs and three ATMP/OSAT facilities in coming years
After India approved three chip projects to develop a local chipmaking ecosystem, an Indian government official disclosed the country is likely to see at least 2-3 wafer fabs and...
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Broadcom profit soars as AI chip sales push revenue forecasts beyond US$10 billion
Nvidia's rising profitability amid the AI surge has captivated attention from around the globe. However, regarding AI chip revenue, SemiAnalysis analysts have highlighted that Broadcom...
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Ex-SMIC R&D EVP joins Chinese memory maker CXMT
Zhou Meisheng, former EVP of technology R&D at Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), has joined Chinese DRAM manufacturer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT).
Monday 11 March 2024
Chip titan ASML suffers new strain of 'Dutch disease': Lionel Laurent
The bigger they are, the harder they lobby. Europe's largest tech firm, chipmaking-machine supplier ASML Holding NV, has sent the Dutch government href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-06/asml-plan-to-expand-abroad-worries-government-telegraaf-says"...
Monday 11 March 2024
Drastic NAND price hikes could dampen demand, says Phison CEO
While the price increase caused by NAND production cuts is not a good thing, it is an encouraging development for NAND flash chip makers to regain profitability and build new fabs,...
Monday 11 March 2024
Top-5 wafer fab equipment makers see combined revenue slip 1% in 2023
At US$93.5 billion in 2023, the combined revenue of the top five Wafer Fabrication Equipment (WFE) manufacturers decreased by 1% annually due to sluggish memory spending, a macroeconomic...
Monday 11 March 2024
SK Hynix reported has submitted 12-layer HBM3E samples to Nvidia
Players in the memory industry are fiercely competing with each other in developing the fifth-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) HBM3E due to the intense demand from AI GPUs....
Monday 11 March 2024
MediaTek poised to tap flagship SoC market with strong showing
In the fourth quarter of 2023, MediaTek solidified its lead in the global mobile SoC market by shipping over 100 million smartphone SoCs, according to research firm Canalys. This...
Monday 11 March 2024
JEDEC publishes GDDR7 graphics memory standard
Memory industry standards body JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has announced the publication of the JESD239 GDDR7 SGRAM.
Monday 11 March 2024
Experts disagree on cost and efficiency of High-NA EUV
At a recent meeting held in San Jose, California, experts expressed a diverging view on the future of EUV. Some believe that EUV, coupled with double patterning and advanced packaging,...
Monday 11 March 2024
2024 Industry Outlook (8): the Paradigm Shift from dotcom to AI
The winners before the creation of cell phones were Cisco and telecom service companies such as Nokia and Ericsson. However, with the launch of the iPhone in 2007, the cell phone...