TSMC could hardly achieve profitable mass production of 5/4/3nm chips at its new plant under construction in the US, and will find it a tough challenge to transfer part of its huge...
Foxsemicon Integrated Technology (FITI), a Foxconn company specializing in semiconductor equipment, has announced the grand opening of Foxsemicon Technology, its first precision machining...
Japanese electronic component maker Kyocera has proposed a plan to nearly double the company's equipment investment for the next fiscal year, with an emphasis on chipmaking equipment...
Among the growing ambiguity in the global environment, a number of well-developed semiconductor equipment manufacturers based in China have emerged, with some already capable...
Up to 41 out of 80 Chinese semiconductor firms that have released financial statements for 2022 ended the year with operating losses. IC design houses were the worst hit due to multiple...
Lithography tool vendor ASML has reported net sales for the fourth quarter of 2022 at EUR6.4 billion (US$7 billion), coming in around the midpoint of the company's guidance, with...
Japanese semiconductor equipment maker Disco has decided to increase the production capacity of its cutting and polishing equipment for wafers and electronic components. To do so,...
Sales of Japan-made semiconductor equipment are forecast to drop about 5% to JPY3.5 billion (US$27.1 billion) in fiscal 2023 - the first annual drop in four years, according to the...
On January 11, China-based semiconductor equipment maker NAURA Technology Group announced its revenue forecast for calendar year 2022. The company estimates its 2022 revenue to be...
The ongoing and escalating trade tensions between the US and China, and China's push for IC self-sufficiency, have made Taiwan-based semiconductor equipment makers among the largest...
TSMC is estimated to experience a 10-15% sequential revenue fall for the first quarter of 2023, driven by a significant shrinkage in new orders for the first half of the year, and...
Huawei is making a low-key entry into multiple semiconductor segments to build its own semiconductor ecosystem, and since mid-2022 the Chinese tech giant has made long-term cooperation...
AI-based system-level testing (SLT) solutions will be increasingly needed to support new chipsets and modules for server, industrial control and automotive applications, according...
Taiwan and Japan already have complementary cooperation in 5G and semiconductor, and the cooperation will likely expand to electric vehicles (EV) and green energy, according to Taiwan's...
