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Thursday 11 May 2023
UMC reportedly mulling new fab in Japan
United Microelectronics (UMC) reportedly is considering constructing a new 12-inch wafer fab in Japan.
Tuesday 9 May 2023
Chinese semiconductors shift to mature processes to avoid being isolated internationally
In order to restrict the development of China's advanced semiconductor industry, on top of establishing strict export sanctions, the US has also joined forces with Japan, Taiwan,...
Wednesday 19 April 2023
Vedanta expects to build India's first wafer fab by 4Q23
Vedanta, the front-runner among applicants for India's INR760 billion (US$92 billion) semiconductor and display fabs incentive scheme, is looking to begin chipmaking in 2027 and may...
Thursday 13 April 2023
India's wafer fab project applicants reportedly struggling to find technology partners
India has offered nearly US$100 billion to encourage locally-made chips. However, most applicants for the incentive scheme are having difficultines in getting licensed production-grade...
Friday 7 April 2023
India's first wafer fab facing difficulties as Vedanta and ISMC encounter respective obstacles
Vedanta, one of the applicants for India's semiconductor and display fab incentive scheme, is reportedly struggling to secure a technology partner and has divergent views with the...
Thursday 6 April 2023
IC designers can hardly expect foundry partners to cut quotes soon
It remains one of the major market concerns as to when IC designers can see their manufacturing costs move downward, but one thing for sure is that their foundry partners in Taiwan...
Monday 20 March 2023
Relying on subsidies is worst strategy for chips; wafer fabs need to walk before they can run
The global chip shortage has resulted in countries elevating semiconductor manufacturing to a "national security issue." Not only are the Chinese and Korean governments continuing...
Monday 13 March 2023
TSMC new US fab to dent profits, hard to transfer costs to customers
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...
Tuesday 7 March 2023
SMIC postpones mass production due to delivery delay of bottleneck machines
On the investor relations interactive platform P5W, SMIC was quizzed by investors regarding its delayed mass production, especially pertaining to the delivery of its bottleneck...
Tuesday 7 March 2023
Rapidus investors eyeing secure advanced chip capacity
Rapidus, a new Japanese wafer foundry with the goal of manufacturing 2nm chips, will set up a wafer fab at Chitose in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Its eight major investors, including...
Thursday 2 March 2023
South Korea concerned about insufficient support as ChatGPT fuels foundry growth
The buzz created by ChatGPT has resulted in the demand for processors increasing correspondingly as well. Headlined by TSMC, the foundry sector is seeing performance growth in the...
Wednesday 1 March 2023
With Intel's IDM 2.0 facing both internal and external challenges, how can Gelsinger balance the brakes and throttles?
As expected, Intel is going to have a rough 2023 and it could be harsher than anyone previously expected. The mass production delay of the 7nm process (now renamed the Intel 4 process),...
Wednesday 1 March 2023
India roundup: Vedanta-Foxconn's wafer fab to be set up in Dholera SIR
Vedanta and Foxconn selected Dholera SIR in the Gujarat state for establishing its wafer fab project, and the weak economy leads to a drag on India's local handset manufactuers' production...
Tuesday 21 February 2023
TSMC rumored to delay Europe fab by two years
Industry sources pointed out that TSMC is considering delaying its new Europe factory to around 2025, two years later than previously estimated. The possible reason for this delay...
Tuesday 21 February 2023
Vedanta-Foxconn's first wafer fab in India to be set up in Dholera SIR
Vedanta and Foxconn have chosen Dholera to set up a semiconductor fab and display manufacturing facility, while India's electronics industry is still waiting for the government to...