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Consortium forms Rapidus to get Japan back into chip race at 2nm
Consortium forms Rapidus to get Japan back into chip race at 2nm
News |
A consortium of eight Japanese companies have formed Rapidus, a company that the Japanese government hopes can help the country…
Elmos considers legal action over German fab sale ban
Elmos considers legal action over German fab sale ban
Business news |
Automotive chip company Elmos has said that the German government’s decision to ban the sale of its Dortmund wafer fab…
TSMC’s October sales leap forward
TSMC’s October sales leap forward
Market news |
TSMC’s sales in October were up over 50 percent on the same month a year ago as the world’s leading…
German government flip-flops on Elmos fab sale – ban now likely
German government flip-flops on Elmos fab sale – ban now likely
Business news |
Automotive chip supplier Elmos Semiconductor has been informed by the German government that the proposed sale of a wafer fab…

Japan budgets $2.4 billion for chip R&D hub with US, Europe
Japan budgets $2.4 billion for chip R&D hub with US, Europe
Technology News |
The Japan government has set aside a budget of 350 billion yen (about US$2.4 billion) to create a joint R&D hub with US and European participants, according to Nikkei. The…
China’s Hua Hong foundry IPO set to raise $2.5 billion
China’s Hua Hong foundry IPO set to raise $2.5 billion
Business news |
Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd., China’s second largest chip foundry after SMIC, has received approval for an 18 billion yuan (US$2.5 billion) in Shanghai, according to Reuters. Hua Hong is already…
Report: TSMC takes action in response to falling demand
Report: TSMC takes action in response to falling demand
Market news |
TSMC has cut orders to its suppliers by up to 40 to 50 percent, according to Taiwan’s United Daily News. The cuts cover recycled wafers, key consumables, some manufacturing and…
OnSemi sells off two more wafer fabs
OnSemi sells off two more wafer fabs
Business news |
Power and mixed-signal chip vendor OnSemi Inc. (Phoenix, Ariz.) is reportedly in the process of selling off a two more 200mm wafer fabs as a part of its restructuring. Wafer…
Report: Germany to okay sale of wafer fab to China despite opposition
Report: Germany to okay sale of wafer fab to China despite opposition
Business news |
Germany is set to approve the sale by Elmos Semiconductor SE of a wafer fab in Dortmund to China-owned Silex Microsystems, according to German business daily newspaper Handelsblatt, referencing government…
US gives GloFo $30 million to make GaN-on-Si wafers
US gives GloFo $30 million to make GaN-on-Si wafers
Business news |
Globalfoundries Inc. has been awarded $30 million in federal funds for the development and production of gallium-nitride-on-silicon wafers at its fab in Essex Junction, Vermont. GaN-on-Si promises outstanding performance in…
IQE teams with SK Siltron for GaN wafers
IQE teams with SK Siltron for GaN wafers
Business news |
IQE in Wales has formed a partnership with South Korea’s SK Siltron for gallium nitride (GaN) wafers in Asia. SK Siltron is also a wafer supplier but mainly of silicon…
IQE strikes strategic collaboration deal with SK Siltron
IQE strikes strategic collaboration deal with SK Siltron
Business news |
Engineered wafer supplier IQE plc (Cardiff, Wales) has formed a partnership with South Korea’s SK Siltron for the development and sale of compound semiconductor products. SK Siltron is also a…
Advanced logic, memory, YMTC come under China export controls
Advanced logic, memory, YMTC come under China export controls
Business news |
The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has ramped China export controls in moves that will likely impact a broader swathe of the semiconductor sector. Companies affected are likely…
Report: Huawei, Shenzhen support creation of local foundry
Report: Huawei, Shenzhen support creation of local foundry
Business news |
Struggling Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is supporting the creation of a chip foundry in its home town of Shenzhen, according to a Bloomberg report. Pengxinwei IC Manufacturing Co. Ltd., known…
Micron to build $100 billion megafab in New York state
Micron to build $100 billion megafab in New York state
Business news |
Memory chip maker Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho) has said it will spend $100 billion over the next 20-plus years to build a megafab in Clay, New York. A $20…
Spain launches III-V foundry for photonics
Spain launches III-V foundry for photonics
Business news |
Sparc Foundry (Vigo, Spain) has been launched as a compound semiconductor foundry and photonics research center. The company is led by Professor Francisco J. Diaz Otero and will include a…
Japan will provide Micron with $320 million subsidy
Japan will provide Micron with $320 million subsidy
Business news |
Japan is going to subsidize Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho) with up to 46.6 billion yen (about US$320 million) to make memory chips in Horishima, according to reports. The reports…
Yangtze Memory CEO reportedly leaving post
Yangtze Memory CEO reportedly leaving post
News |
Chinese flash memory maker Yangtze Memory Technology Corp. (YMTC) will replace its CEO Simon Yang, according to a Digitimes report, referencing unnamed sources. Yang is living for “personal reasons” the…
Kioxia cuts flash memory output by 30%
Kioxia cuts flash memory output by 30%
Business news |
Japan flash memory maker Kioxia Corp. has decided to cut its output by 30 percent due to falling demand. Kioxia said it plans to reduce its wafer start production volume…
Probe Test Solutions Ltd. raises funds for capex, acquisitions
Probe Test Solutions Ltd. raises funds for capex, acquisitions
Business news |
Probe Test Solutions Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland), a supplier of automatic test equipment probe cards, has raised US$30 million (about €30 million) from Paris-based Tikehau Capital. Tikehau will take a minority…
Intel picks Italian site for chiplet plant
Intel picks Italian site for chiplet plant
Business news |
Intel has chosen a site near Verona, in the north of Italy for a €4.5 billion chiplet assembly factory, according to reports. The government in Rome is expected to provide…
Intel picks site for Italian chiplet factory
Intel picks site for Italian chiplet factory
Business news |
Chip manufacturter Intel and the Italian government have selected Vigasio near Verona, in the north of Italy, as the site for a €4.5 billion chiplet assembly factory, according to Reuters.
Let us stay under China control, Newport workers plead
Let us stay under China control, Newport workers plead
Business news |
Staff at Nexperia Newport, formerly Newport Wafer Fab, support the continued Chinese ownership of the plant, according to The Times. A letter sent to the The Times by the…
UK to force Nexperia to sell Newport wafer fab stake says report
UK to force Nexperia to sell Newport wafer fab stake says report
Business news |
The UK government is planning to tell Nexperia to substantially reduce its ownership of the former Newport Wafer Fab (NWF), according to a Financial Times report referencing unnamed sources. Earlier…
UK set to tell Nexperia to sell wafer fab stake – report
UK set to tell Nexperia to sell wafer fab stake – report
Business news |
The UK government is planning to tell Nexperia NV to reduce substantially its ownership of the former Newport Wafer Fab (NWF), according to a Financial Times report referencing unnamed sources.
CEO interview: Alphawave IP’s Pialis on chiplets and custom silicon
CEO interview: Alphawave IP’s Pialis on chiplets and custom silicon
Interviews |
Alphawave IP, a UK-listed IP licensor, is one of the fastest growing chip companies. eeNews Europe caught up with CEO Tony Pialis to ask about the implications of its recent…
Foxconn Indian fab venture selects Gujurat for location.
Foxconn Indian fab venture selects Gujurat for location.
Business news |
Vedanta Group, in a joint venture with Foxconn, has signed two agreements with the Government of Gujarat to set up a wafer fab, a semiconductor assembly and test unit, and…
Chip market growth in 2023 will be ‘deeply negative’ says analyst
Chip market growth in 2023 will be ‘deeply negative’ says analyst
Market news |
Analyst Malcolm Penn has reduced his view of the global chip market to 4 percent growth in 2022 followed by a 22 percent contraction in 2023. Penn, the CEO and…


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