Semiconductors encompass a wide spectrum of critical technologies, making it difficult for any single country to dominate, according to Burn-Jeng Lin, former TSMC VP of R&D.
Japan approved as much as ¥590 billion ($3.9 billion) in subsidies to chip venture Rapidus Corp., committing more money to its ambition to catch up in semiconductor manufacturi...
Japanese media Yomiuri and Nikkei reported that TSMC will sign an MoU in April with Kyushu University covering semiconductor lectures, talent training, and joint...
Two pieces of news regarding smartphone makers-turned-car producers stood out in the first quarter of 2024: Apple reportedly canceled its vehicle project, and Xiaomi rolled out its...
Automotive semiconductors will see an improved market in the second quarter of 2024 after experiencing a market bottom and a slow season. However, the situations will vary in different...
OpenAI plans to open an office in Tokyo in April, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the artificial intelligence pioneer begins to build out its international opera...
MIH Consortium, an open EV platform initiated by Foxconn, announced on March 30 that Jun Seki, Foxconn's chief strategy officer for EVs, will become its new CEO starting April 1....
SEMICON China 2024, which was held in Shanghai on March 20-22, attracted many Japanese semiconductor equipment manufacturers to showcase their front-end and backend mature node process...
Japan's semiconductor chemicals vendor Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK) has stated that the increasing demand for AI chips will drive up sales and market shares of its extreme ultraviolet (EUV)...
In 2020, the rapid growth of EV sales, especially Battery EVs (BEVs), and market share prompted European automakers to develop chassis dedicated to BEVs.
The president of the Japanese semiconductor manufacturer Renesas, Hidetoshi Shibata, pointed out at the shareholders' meeting that the customary practice of uniformly raising salaries...
Japan-based semiconductor material provider Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) will supply Rapidus with the photomasks for 2nm chips after mass production, scheduled for 2027.
With the global supply chain going regional, emerging countries in Southeast Asia and South Asia are rising to the fore. In a keynote speech at the Indo-Pacific Industry Strategy...
In the fiercely competitive realm of the global lithography market dominated by ASML, Nikon is making strategic inroads. The renowned Japanese company is now supplying lithography...
