Things have turned out worse for Micron than previously mentioned. In December 2022, the memory chip maker announced it would cut its workforce by 10%. At that time around 49,000 people worked for the company worldwide. How write TechPowerUpin an...
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US lithography equipment supplier Applied Materials ended its fiscal first quarter in January, and the related reporting surprised investors to the upside. Revenue rose 7.5% to $6.74 billion versus $6.7 billion expected, and earnings per share came...
Back in early October, US officials launched an initiative to expand export control rules that further limited China’s ability to develop its semiconductor industry. This week, representatives of the China Semiconductor Industry Association...
The German company Infineon was allowed to start building a semiconductor factory in Dresden. The project is estimated at 5 billion euros, production is scheduled to start as early as 2026. According to the maker of chips used in cars, data centers...
Contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries became a public company not long ago, so study it quarterly reporting not as usual compared to competitors. Nonetheless, this allows us to assess some of the processes taking place in the industry. Even with a 7%...
Intel’s quarterly report revealed the company’s unenviable financial position and it stressed the importance of cutting costs, but so far this is being achieved by laying off some employees, cutting management salaries and refusing to...
So far, efforts by the Japanese authorities to support the national semiconductor industry with large budgets have not been impressive, but a certain legal framework has already been put in place over the past year. According to the existing rules...
According to the latest data, Samsung has encountered difficulties in organizing the production of chips according to the advanced 3nm process technology. The reason is not the lack of technological skills, but, as it turned out, the lack of...
With the US intent to tighten restrictions on China’s semiconductor sector, local chipmakers are accelerating procurement of wafer fab equipment (WFE) to keep their factories running smoothly. At the same time, Chinese companies prefer to...
The US and India are launching a series of joint technology, space and defense programs. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval announced Tuesday at a meeting in Washington that the two countries are...
After Samsung Electronics, the second largest South Korean manufacturer of memory chips, SK hynix, published a quarterly report. The company’s operating losses reached $1.4 billion, which updates the anti-record for the entire existence of...
AMD finished the most recent quarter with revenue up 16% to $5.6 billion, though investors were expecting a more modest result. At the same time, it was noted that revenue could have been even higher, but fell by 51% in the customer segment and by...
One of this week’s main intrigues for the investment community, as explained Bloomberg, will be the release of a quarterly report by Samsung Electronics. This largest manufacturer of memory chips, unlike its main competitors, has not yet...
Intel Corporation did not hesitate further with the publication of the annual report Form 10-K, studying this document allowed her, in the chase, to understand what problems she has in the financial sector due to the need to increase capital...
Ahead of the main US trading session, the quarterly report released by Intel slashed the market value of the company’s shares by nearly 10%, but ended Friday down 6.41%. In any case, Intel’s capitalization fell by $8 billion overnight...
Intel’s numbers continue to slip: The revenue decline accelerated to 32% and will continue to worsen
According to official statistics, Intel Corporation’s quarterly revenue fell by almost a third last quarter. Revenue for full-year 2022 fell 20% to $63.1 billion. This year will also be difficult, as Intel management expects, but at the same...
The UK government intends to organize direct support for local semiconductor companies at taxpayer expense. According to Bloomberg, this is part of a strategy for an industrial sector that has become more strategic amid geopolitical uncertainties...
The Dutch holding remains the main supplier of advanced lithography scanners used in semiconductor chip production. In the past quarter, the company posted sales of 6.43 billion euros and net income of 1.82 billion euros, beating analysts’...
Japanese government-backed chipmaker Rapidus plans to launch a prototype 2nm semiconductor production line by the first half of 2025. This was announced by the management on Tuesday, January 24th. Image source: Laura Ockel/unsplash.com The company...
The rapid development of the electric vehicle industry increases the demand for next-generation semiconductor components. In particular, power elements made of silicon carbide can withstand higher loads and offer greater energy efficiency. According...
