After receiving US$3.2 billion in government grants from Israel, Intel began the construction of Fab 38 in Kiryat Gat near Gaza in a show of confidence in Israel amid Intel's production...
GalaxyCore has started production at its new 12-inch wafer plant in Lingang, Shanghai. It is yet another Chinese CMOS image sensor (CIS) maker to set up its wafer fab and shift toward...
TSMC's new Kumamoto fabrication facility in Japan is currently under construction but making good progress, with an opening ceremony for the first phase of the fab set for February...
At its new US chip plant in Arizona, TSMC has installed a mini line that it has just begun to operate and supply in small volumes to clients, according to supply chain sources. While...
Rayzher Industrial, a company specializing in cost control, engineering design, and construction management, has entered the supply chain for TSMC's under-construction Kumamoto fab...
Chinese pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) is expected to open its largest-ever 12-inch (300mm) wafer manufacturing base in Lingang, Shanghai as early...
TSMC is expected to start equipment move-ins at its new chip plant in Kaohsiung, Southern Taiwan in the third quarter of 2025, followed by pilot runs at the end of the year, according...
TSMC's subsidiary in Japan, Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM), has indicated that it aims to procure 60% of equipment and materials from Japanese suppliers for its...
South Korean wafer inspection equipment manufacturer Nextin is benefiting indirectly from the US restrictions on semiconductor equipment exports to China and is accelerating its entry...
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...
HannStar, a Taiwan-based mid- to small-size TFT-LCD panel manufacturer, is seeing its operating rate rebound in the fourth quarter. The company is expecting operating rate of 80–90%...
As demand and panel makers' efforts to defend LCD panel prices decline, overall utilization at display fabs is anticipated to fall below 70% in the fourth quarter of 2023, according...
Belgium-based semiconductor research center Imec has launched on November 14 a freely accessible version of its web application imec.netzero virtual fab. Imec developed imec.netzero...
TSMC will soon announce a plan to build its second wafer fab in Japan, according to industry sources. The fab will be involved in 6nm process manufacturing, and the Japanese government...
Despite little progress on an ambitious wafer fab project, Vedanta's TFT LCD plan in partnership with Taiwan-based Innolux has been advancing, waiting for approval by the Indian go...
