Tokyo Electron plans to ramp up its R&D spending over five years. This move comes as cutting-edge chip manufacturing tools become increasingly vital for the development of next-generation...
Major Japan-based semiconductor equipment saw their market capitalization more than double in 2023, with other suppliers reporting nearly doubling of their market valuations, highlighting...
The performance of the consumer electronics market, driven by smartphones, has been poor, dragging down the recovery speed of the semiconductor industry, which may be delayed until...
TSMC filed the most invention patent applications in Taiwan in the third quarter of 2023, with 443 cases, topping the domestic list for the same period for eight consecutive years,...
To solidify its leading position in the NAND flash market, Samsung Electronics reportedly plans to again utilize a double-stack technology for manufacturing 3D NAND over 300 layers,...
Tokyo Electron suffered from the weak consumer electronics market when semiconductor companies slowed their capital expenditure plans in this transitional period. Meanwhile, China...
TSMC's latest development roadmaps show its advanced manufacturing process technology will remain rooted in Taiwan, with not only its 2nm chip plant already under construction in...
Japanese semiconductor equipment maker Tokyo Electron (TEL) pointed out that the trend of generative AI like ChatGPT has already driven the demand for semiconductor equipment. Despite...
Semiconductor equipment suppliers are experiencing a decline in customer orders, which may limit their growth in the second half of this year, according to industry sources.
Semiconductor demand is expected to enter a recovery phase in the second half of 2023 while inventory adjustments will remain the key for progress, Toshiki Kawai, president of Japan's...
China's leading semiconductor equipment maker Advanced Micro-fabrication Equipment (AMEC) recently has announced its winning a final court judgment in Shanghai in a lawsuit involving...
Japanese suppliers of semiconductor materials and equipment have shown mixed business performances under stricter restrictions on exports of advanced equipment and materials to China,...
Japan has officially announced that it will tighten controls on exports of 23 types of semiconductor equipment to China starting July 23. How the new trade curbs will impact Chinese...
ASML reportedly has seen the first cutback in orders for EUV equipment from TSMC, its largest customer, which market insiders speculate is on track to slash such orders by over 40%...
Japan is set to officially tighten export controls on 23 semiconductor equipment items to China, starting in July, following the US-led containment against Chinese semiconductor industry...
