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Nexperia plans to cut 100 jobs at Newport wafer fab
Nexperia plans to cut 100 jobs at Newport wafer fab
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Nexperia proposes to cut 100 jobs at its controversial wafer fab in Newport after there has been little activity over…
Chip market recovery on track but Europe, Japan disappoint
Chip market recovery on track but Europe, Japan disappoint
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European and Japanese growth disappointed in the latest chip market figures, compensated for by a dramatic improvement in conditions in…
TSMC loses market share in 2Q23 foundry ranking
TSMC loses market share in 2Q23 foundry ranking
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TSMC was one of only two foundries in the top ten to see its revenue decline sequentially in 2Q23, according…
Smartphone shipments to be lowest in a decade in 2023
Smartphone shipments to be lowest in a decade in 2023
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Global smartphone shipments will be 1.15 billion units in 2023, down 4.7 percent year-on-year and the lowest figure for a…

QuickLogic, YorChip to develop FPGA chiplets
QuickLogic, YorChip to develop FPGA chiplets
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FPGA vendor QuickLogic Corp. has partnered with YorChip Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.) to create UCIe-compatible FPGA chiplets. UCIe stands for Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express. It is an open specification for…
Foxconn founder launches bid to be Taiwan’s President
Foxconn founder launches bid to be Taiwan’s President
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Terry Gou, the founder of Foxconn, the world’s largest electronic manufacturing services provider, has declared his candidacy in the 2024 presidential race in Taiwan. Billionaire Gou plans to run as…
Inventory up, fab utilization to fall in 3Q23
Inventory up, fab utilization to fall in 3Q23
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Total IC inventory in the global chip sector is expected to climb and IC manufacturing capacity utilization is expected to fall in 3Q23, according to industry body SEMI. SEMI has…
Ubicept raises US$8 million for SPAD-based imaging
Ubicept raises US$8 million for SPAD-based imaging
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Ubicept Inc. (Boston, Mass.), a 2021 spin-off from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Wisconsin-Madison, has raised US$8 million in seed investment to develop image sensors and computer vision…
US wants to keep China five generations behind in chips, says exec
US wants to keep China five generations behind in chips, says exec
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The US wants to keep China at least five generations behind the leading-edge in chip manufacturing, according to Gerald Yin, the founder and CEO of China’s Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc.
Semiconductor market has turned the corner, says analyst
Semiconductor market has turned the corner, says analyst
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The semiconductor market finally showed quarter-to-quarter growth in 2Q 2023, according to Semiconductor Intelligence referencing World Semiconductor Trade Statistics. Major semiconductor companies are projecting continued revenue growth into 3Q 2023.
The US needs to generate, retain more chip workers
The US needs to generate, retain more chip workers
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The US will have a shortfall of 67,000 workers for the semiconductor industry by 2030 according to a report from Oxford Economics released by the Semiconductor Industry Association. There will…
Enough China export restrictions, the SIA tells US government
Enough China export restrictions, the SIA tells US government
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The US-based Semiconductor Industry Association has said the US should not escalate restrictions on trade with China. It did so as leading US chip company CEOs met US government representatives…
Leading US chip CEOs to lobby to limit Chinese export controls
Leading US chip CEOs to lobby to limit Chinese export controls
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The CEOs of Intel, Qualcomm and Nvidia are expected in Washington this week to lobby the government not impose yet more restrictions on technology sales into China, according to reports…
Foundries’ sales falls accelerate in June
Foundries’ sales falls accelerate in June
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June sales at foundry TSMC were down year-on-year by 11.1 percent while for neighbour foundry United Microelectronics Corp. sales were down 23.2 percent. TSMC’s annual fall was a deterioration from…
Foxconn pulls out of Indian wafer fab venture
Foxconn pulls out of Indian wafer fab venture
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Taiwan’s Foxconn has pulled out of a joint venture with mining-to-oil conglomerate Vedanta that was bidding to set down a wafer fab in Gujurat, according to reports. “Foxconn has determined…
Broadcom to invest in Spanish chip program
Broadcom to invest in Spanish chip program
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Broadcom has decided to invest in Spain’s semiconductor industry, according to the company’s president Charlie Kawwas. Kawwas made the announcement via a tweet message that showed Broadcom CEO Hock Tan…
IMEC to receive €1.5 billion for clean room expansion
IMEC to receive €1.5 billion for clean room expansion
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European research centre IMEC is set to receive €1.5 billion (about US$1.6 billion) from the European Union and the Flemish government to prepare its clean room for 1nm and sub-1nm…
European growth leads a turn in the global chip market
European growth leads a turn in the global chip market
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Growth of the European chip market gathered pace in May, one of the signs the continent is now leading the global market out of recession. The latest figures from the…
China to gain foundry chip production share despite sanctions
China to gain foundry chip production share despite sanctions
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Chinese foundries will increase their share of 300mm wafer production capacity from 24 percent in 2022 to 26 percent in 2026 despite export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment, according to…
‘Unusual placement’ makes new Semiconductor Antenna
‘Unusual placement’ makes new Semiconductor Antenna
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Researchers create antenna for nanoscale light sources using unusual placement of semiconductor material The fast switching and modulation of light is at the heart, among other things, of modern data…
Here’s how semiconductor capex will fall in 2023 and remain lower
Here’s how semiconductor capex will fall in 2023 and remain lower
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Semiconductor capital expenditure is set to fall 14 percent in 2023 compared with the previous year, according to market research firm Semiconductor Intelligence. Capex is also expected to be remain…
Chip market recession hit its fifth quarter in 1Q23, says Omdia
Chip market recession hit its fifth quarter in 1Q23, says Omdia
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The semiconductor market declined in revenue for a fifth consecutive quarter in 1Q23, according to market analyst Omdia. The recession is the longest-running one since Omdia began tracking the chip…
Samsung to ship 2nm chips in 2025, broaden foundry offering
Samsung to ship 2nm chips in 2025, broaden foundry offering
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Samsung has said it will begin mass production of its 2nm manufacturing process in 2025 putting it on a par with rival TSMC. Samsung has also said it will start…
Applied Materials to invest $400 million in Indian research center
Applied Materials to invest $400 million in Indian research center
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Applied Materials Inc. has said it intends to invest US$400 million to build a collaborative engineering center for semiconductor manufacturing equipment in Bangalore, India. Applied is a leading supplier of…
Intel, CEA-Leti to develop 2D material transfer for future transistors
Intel, CEA-Leti to develop 2D material transfer for future transistors
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Chip giant Intel and Grenoble-based French research institute CEA-Leti have said they will collaborate to develop transistor technologies based on two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). These materials – such as molybdenum-…
Top ten foundries saw 1Q23 revenue drop, rankings change
Top ten foundries saw 1Q23 revenue drop, rankings change
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The top ten foundries in the world – responsible for about 98 percent of sales – saw revenue decline by 18.6 percent compared with 4Q22, according to TrendForce. The market…
TSMC’s sales decline is modest in May
TSMC’s sales decline is modest in May
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May sales at foundry TSMC were down year-on-year by 4.9 percent while for local rival United Microelectronics Corp. they were down 23.1 percent. TSMC’s small annual fall is an improvement…
Intel’s German fab in peril as politician says ‘no’ to subsidy demand
Intel’s German fab in peril as politician says ‘no’ to subsidy demand
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Germany’s finance minister Christian Lindner has said the country will not meet Intel’s demand for higher subsidies for a proposed wafer fab complex in Magdeburg, according to a Financial Times…


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