The production of 3D NAND memory, which uses a spatial arrangement with vertical connections between layers in chips, requires specialized equipment and has so far been entirely controlled by the American company Lam Research. The Japanese company...
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The joint venture between TSMC, Sony and Denso, which is being developed in southwestern Japan, is scheduled to begin producing series products next year. In the future, it will master the production of 28nm and 12nm components, but the matter will...
Intel Corporation is trying to become a significant player in the chip contract manufacturing market, but is in no hurry to name the key customers it has managed to attract. In general, the Intel boss assumes that Amazon, Google, Microsoft...
The high dependence of Samsung Electronics’ sales on the situation in the memory chip market, as noted by Reuters, does not give industry analysts the most optimistic expectations regarding the dynamics of this company’s operating profit...
So far, US authorities, represented by Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, tend to believe that China is unable to produce chips using 7nm technology in large quantities. External analysts expect Huawei’s partners to produce 33 million of these...
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics remained the world’s largest memory chip maker, but was the longest to withstand the overproduction crisis that accompanied the end of the pandemic. The company began to reduce production volumes of NAND...
To assess the profitability of semiconductor component production, conveyor utilization is an important indicator that determines the company’s profit margin and the need for further capacity expansion. At companies that process silicon wafers...
As industry sources have already noted, the implementation of the Japanese TSMC project is progressing much faster than the American one, and there are a number of reasons for this. Now the company is already starting to install devices in a joint...
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, according to Nikkei Asian Review, decided to allocate about $13.4 billion to subsidize the domestic semiconductor industry over the next two years. Micron Technology’s Hiroshima plant will...
Representatives of TSMC recently made it clear that in chip packaging services using the CoWoS method, the company is now able to satisfy customer needs by 80%, and against the background of rapidly growing demand, it will only be possible...
The recently founded Japanese consortium Rapidus has already laid the foundation for a future company that will dominate the production of 2nm chips in the Land of the Rising Sun by 2027. Dutch company ASML, which supplies advanced lithography...
As part of the measures taken by the US to slow down China’s technological progress in the semiconductor sector, China was able to double the localization level of chip production facilities within two years, reaching over 40%. This progress...
The market entry of the Huawei Mate 60 series smartphones revealed a problem that puzzled the US authorities: according to the report of Canadian experts, Chinese companies are able to produce 7 nm semiconductor components even under sanctions...
The Taiwanese company TSMC is preparing three sites in different parts of the island for the production of 2nm components, but current rumors indicate a possible slowdown in the implementation of such projects. At least one of the companies aiming...
According to industry association SEMI, productivity of 200 mm silicon wafers will increase by 14% from 2023 to 2026 inclusive, to a record 7.7 million silicon wafers per month. During this period, 12 new companies will be created and their total...
As a member of the RE100 initiative, the Taiwanese company TSMC has made certain commitments to switch to the use of energy from renewable sources and achieve carbon neutrality. Recently the company announced about its willingness to accelerate this...
Surpluses of certain types of semiconductor components and the weakness of the macroeconomy this year will lead their manufacturers to reduce their production volumes and reduce their own costs of purchasing technological equipment. The latter...
Back in 2021, GlobalFoundries announced plans to spend around $4 billion to expand its manufacturing base in Singapore, and this week the new line was officially launched. The introduction of additional capacity will increase the productivity of the...
According to the official press releases, Intel has so far managed to win at least four well-known contract customers. If MediaTek settles for less sophisticated technical processes, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Ericsson are aiming to obtain chips...
In the computing accelerator segment, NVIDIA’s main production partner remains TSMC, whose management recently admitted that it will not be able to fully meet demand for such services until the end of next year. NVIDIA isn’t going to sit...
