Rapidus holds 2nm chip timeline as 17 partners join network
The Japanese venture keeps its 2027 mass-production goal while enlisting Cadence and Synopsys to lower design barriers against foundry leaders TSMC and Samsung.
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South Korea confirms $120 billion civil nuclear pact with US
The bilateral framework outlines six AP1000 and two APR1400 reactors across federal sites, allocating $100 billion for…
Lam Research ships 15,000th chip equipment chamber in Korea
The milestone marks 15 years of domestic manufacturing across Gyeonggi Province as local procurement surpassed 1 trillion won…
GlobalFoundries agrees to build silicon interposers for TSMC in $2B deal
The five-year contract establishes domestic manufacturing in Malta, New York, for TSMC's CoWoS packaging ecosystem, with…
Intel joins Applied Materials in $5 billion chip R&D hubMembers
The partnership connects Oregon labs to Silicon Valley cleanrooms as foundry rivals TSMC and Samsung Electronics share toolmaker…
TSMC September revenue jumps 55% on booming AI chip orders
The Taiwanese foundry posted record third-quarter sales of NT$1.49 trillion ($46.7 billion), beating its guidance ceiling as Big…
EU puts China rare earth curbs on trade docket to cut deficit
Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič demanded Beijing ease critical mineral export controls as Europe confronts a trade deficit…
Elon Musk rejects TSMC Terafab deal, backing Intel 14A nodeMembers
Tesla and SpaceX will build and run the $16.8 billion Texas AI chip site directly, while Intel continues technical work on its…
Gudeng Precision opens Arizona plant for TSMC fabs in Glendale
The Taiwan carrier maker launched its Glendale facility on Oct. 7 to machine tooling parts for TSMC and aerospace buyers,…
BYD readies Da Han EV for Oct. 13 debut with 1,008-km range
The flagship sedan pairs a 0.197 drag coefficient with a 102.3 kilowatt-hour blade battery, pricing between 249,900 yuan and…
China Delays Rare Earth Export Controls in U.S. Trade TruceMembers
Beijing and Washington agreed to extend waivers on critical mineral licensing to Jan.
Towa plans Kyoto plant to onshore chip packaging equipment
The 5 billion yen facility in Ujitawara will produce resin compression molding systems for artificial intelligence chips starting…
Tokyo Electron nears 1 trillion yen profit on memory capex
Surging wafer equipment demand from Samsung Electronics and SK hynix puts Tokyo Electron's annual operating profit target within…
AMD weighs Samsung foundry alliance to ease reliance on TSMC
Lisa Su said in Seoul that the chipmaker is exploring production with Samsung Electronics, testing a hedge against single-foundry…
CXMT Hired 27 Samsung and SK hynix Engineers for DRAM Fabs
Parliamentary audit data shows departing specialists averaged 15.4 years of service before brief tenures at the Chinese memory…
TSMC raises foundry prices for fabless clients by up to 10% in 2027
Mature process nodes face 3% to 10% increases in January while chip designers prepare price hikes of up to double digits to…
Nextin wins $18.8 million SK hynix wafer inspection order
The Korean toolmaker booked a 25.44 billion won deal equal to 38% of its annual sales, expanding domestic optical metrology…
Samsung revamps HBM thermal packaging to challenge TSMC supply lead
The South Korean chipmaker pairs 4nm base dies with hybrid copper bonding to curb thermal resistance by 20% as Nvidia demands…
LS Eco Energy builds Vietnam samarium hub ahead of defense ban
A 11.6 billion won investment establishes non-Chinese refining in Ho Chi Minh City ahead of a Pentagon ban on Chinese-origin…
Hanmi Semiconductor wins $18 million tool deal from Samsung
The 24.48 billion won order for substrate saw and inspection equipment marks the supplier's first major contract with a Samsung…
Micronex builds $9.5 million chip lead-frame plant in Sanand
The 500 million unit facility marks India's first domestic supplier for packaging backbones as Sanand expands into an outsourced…
JSR completes South Korea EUV photoresist plant in Cheongju
The Japanese supplier established the industry's first commercial finishing base for tin-based metal oxide resists to support…
Tata Electronics readies Assam chip plant with non-China network
The $3.2 billion Jagiroad OSAT facility enters pilot testing ahead of a December launch, lining up nine non-China vendors to…
India pushes rare earth magnet output to counter China curbs
A 72.8 billion rupee incentive package draws 20 corporate bids to build 6,000 tons of annual capacity as New Delhi moves to…