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Monday 4 September 2023
Rapidus breaks ground on 2nm chip fab
Rapidus recently held a groundbreaking ceremony at Chitose Bibi World, an industrial park in Chitose City, Hokkaido, where its IIM-1 fab to develop and manufacture advanced semiconductors...
Thursday 31 August 2023
South Korean equipment makers keen on developing new-gen HBM processing tools
The proliferating artificial intelligence (AI) applications are generating significant growth potential in demand for next-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, driving South...
Thursday 31 August 2023
Fab toolmaker GPTC upbeat about 2H23 operations
Wet process equipment specialist Grand Process Technology (GPTC), reportedly among TSMC's suppliers, is optimistic about its operations in the second half of this year.
Wednesday 30 August 2023
SK Hynix accelerates high-NA DRAM development, with trial production set for 2024
After achieving breakthroughs in production technologies for high bandwidth memory (HBM) and 300-layer NAND flash chips, SK Hynix is accelerating the development of the next-generation...
Wednesday 30 August 2023
Samsung to upgrade NAND equipment supply chain in 2024
To enhance the competitiveness of its new generation NAND flash, Samsung Electronics is reportedly going to upgrade its NAND core equipment supply chain in 2024. Samsung has also...
Wednesday 30 August 2023
Will PV and LED's boom-and-crash history repeat in SiC semiconductors?
Recent reports from the cross-strait supply chain indicate that a major Chinese new energy vehicle manufacturer had ambitious plans early this year to make significant inroads into...
Monday 28 August 2023
Wi-Fi 6E becomes available in Taiwan
Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs is opening up Taiwan's 6GHz frequency band for the use of Wi-Fi 6E technologies, according to Minister Audrey Tang.
Monday 28 August 2023
China speeds up lithography equipment imports from Dutch amid upcoming export ban
China, which relies on the US's allies for semiconductor manufacturing equipment, will face export bans from the Netherlands from September onwards. Official data from China shows...
Tuesday 22 August 2023
Canon to see semiconductor exposure equipment sales grow on generative AI demand
Japan-based equipment supplier Canon has estimated its sales of semiconductor lithography equipment, mainly KrF and i-line exposure machines, to increase to 195 units in 2023 from...
Tuesday 22 August 2023
Japanese semiconductor equipment firms invest in future growth related to AI
According to Dempa and Nikkei reports, most semiconductor equipment-related vendors' April to June results declined from a year ago. However, those vendors remain...
Tuesday 22 August 2023
Can AI and EV chip demand salvage semiconductor equipment spending?
A recent survey of 10 semiconductor manufacturing companies by Nikkei showed that their equipment investment in 2023 is likely to decline 16% from a year ago, to US$122 billion...
Thursday 17 August 2023
US second-hand semiconductor equipment platform Moov vying for lucrative market
Semiconductor companies have long been trading secondhand semiconductor equipment, but geopolitical tension and government policies have stimulated the demand so significantly that...
Tuesday 15 August 2023
Niche IC distributor ANStek sees customers place orders with caution
Taiwan-based Answer Technology (ANStek), which distributes mainly ICs for niche-market applications, has seen its customers place orders with caution as a result of a slower-than-anticipated...
Monday 14 August 2023
Chinese chip industry on mature node equipment shopping spree
Chinese semiconductor manufacturers are actively procuring mature process chip equipment to counter the restrictions on chip technology exports imposed by the United States and its...
Monday 14 August 2023
Compeq expects substantial revenue growth in 3Q23
HDI PCB manufacturer Compeq Manufacturing anticipates a significant sequential growth in third-quarter revenue. The company saw its July revenue hit an eight-month high of NT$6.03...