Winbond Electronics has kicked off mass production of specialty DRAM memory using 20nm process technology, with plans to transition to a newer 16nm process, according to the Taiwan-based...
China's drive for IC self-sufficiency has been benefiting local fab tool makers as well as their suppliers of parts and components, according to industry sources.
The Japanese government's efforts to attract foreign semiconductor investment have been very effective, with almost every major international semiconductor manufacturer responding...
TSMC has not placed orders for high-numerical aperture (High-NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) tools and is unlikely to use the technology in 2nm and 1.4nm (A14) process manufacturing,...
Veeco Instruments has announced the shipment of a GEN20-Q molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system to Hermes-Epitek, a semiconductor and optoelectronics client situated in Taiwan's Hsinchu...
Samsung Electronics and Dutch equipment manufacturer ASML jointly announced an investment in a semiconductor advanced process development center in South Korea.
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), a Taiwan-based 8-inch IC foundry, expects a 6-8% sequential wafer shipment decline in the first quarter of 2024 with about flat ASP grow...
In December 2023, a report from research institution SemiAnalysis created a significant buzz by revealing Intel's adoption of High-Numerical Aperture (High-NA) Extreme Ultraviolet...
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are engaging process equipment investments targeting high-bandwidth memory and DDR5. South Korean semiconductor equipment makers are participating...
The Semiconductor Equipment Association Japan (SEAJ) released its January 2024 report, projecting a 25% decline to JPY321.1 billion (US$2.2 billion) in Japan's Flat Panel Display...
Amid an investment wave in the semiconductor industry in Japan, China-based companies along the semiconductor supply chain are investing in Japan by setting up subsidiaries or acquiring...
Taiwan-based semiconductor equipment supplier Gudeng Precision Industrial is forecasting high profits for 2024, with chairman Chiu Ming-Chien predicting double-digit growth in annual...
Dethroning TSMC in the wafer foundry industry seems quite impossible in the foreseeable future. However, its competitors could form partnerships, such as the recent alliance between...
In the second half of the 1990s, Samsung Electronics came to the forefront of Dataquest's DRAM manufacturer rankings. NEC and Toshiba were in second and third place, and other Japanese...
