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TOKYO/KOFU, Japan-- Renesas Electronics officially restarted a plant near Mt. Fuji that had been dormant for over nine years on Thursday, racing to meet surging demand for power semiconductors used in electric vehicles and data centers.

GROWING PARTNERSHIP: At a meeting with Japan’s prime minister, TSMC’s CEO said he was optimistic about further semiconductor cooperation between Taiwan and Japan

Third fab will produce the most advanced leading-edge semiconductors in the U.S., bringing TSMC’s total investment in Arizona to over US$65 Billion

Samsung Electronics plans to more than double its total semiconductor investment in Texas to about $44 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, as the Korean chipmaker is expected to win grants under a U.S. initiative to strengthen domestic chip production.

Taiwan experienced a magnitude 7.2 earthquake on the 3rd, prompting round-the-clock repair efforts during the holiday by semiconductor fabs, aiming to restore equipment operations. According to reports from TechNews, the latest progress of various fabs and science parks across different locations is as follows.

April 2 (Reuters) - Intel, on Tuesday disclosed deepening operating losses for its foundry business, a blow to the chipmaker as it tries to regain a technology lead it lost in recent years to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.

SMIC reported its financial results for 2023, and due to the industrial downturn, sales and profit declined for the reporting period. SMIC plans to navigate 2024 steadily and stably.

It is expected to continue rising steadily as semiconductors account for the largest share of South Korea's exports.

AMSTERDAM, March 28 (Reuters) - The Dutch government said on Thursday it would spend 2.5 billion euros ($2.7 billion) to improve transport and other infrastructure in the Eindhoven region to ensure the Netherlands' largest company ASML, opens new tab doesn't move its operations abroad.

Kwak Noh-jeong, president and CEO of SK hynix, announced on March 27 that the order volume for High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) will remain “tight” until next year, adding that “this year, the proportion of HBM in the total DRAM sales volume will rise to a double digit percentage, which will help profitability.”