STMicroelectronics N.V. (“ST”) (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, today disclosed further elements of its program to reshape its global manufacturing footprint. This comes as part of the program announced in October 2024 to further strengthen ST’s competitiveness, solidify its position as a global semiconductor leader, and ensure the long-term sustainability of its model as an Integrated Device Manufacturer by leveraging strategic assets globally across technology R&D, design and high-volume manufacturing.

MILPITAS, Calif. – April 9, 2025 – Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment increased 10% to $117.1 billion in 2024 from $106.3 billion in 2023, SEMI, the industry association representing the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, reported today. The data is now available in the Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS) report.

In 2024, the global front-end semiconductor equipment market experienced notable growth, with sales of wafer processing equipment increasing by 9% and other front-end segments rising by 5%. This growth was largely fueled by heightened investments in expanding capacity for both leading-edge and mature logic, advanced packaging, and high-bandwidth memory (HBM), alongside a significant rise in investments from China.

SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean chip giant SK hynix Inc. has risen to the No. 1 position in the global dynamic random access memory (DRAM) market for the first time in the first quarter of this year, industry data showed Wednesday.

SK hynix secured a 36 percent global market share in terms of sales, edging out Samsung Electronics Co. at 34 percent and Micron Technology Inc. at 25 percent, according to the data by industry tracker Counterpoint Research.

Neubiberg, Germany – 7 April 2025 – Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) is accelerating the build-up of its system capabilities for software-defined vehicles with the acquisition of Marvell Technology’s Automotive Ethernet business, complementing and expanding its own market-leading microcontroller business. Infineon and Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVL) have entered into a definitive transaction agreement for a purchase price of US$2.5 billion in cash. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. Ethernet is a key enabling technology for low-latency, high-bandwidth communication, which is crucial for software-defined vehicles. Additionally, it has significant potential in adjacent fields of use such as humanoid robots. The planned investment will strengthen Infineon’s already strong footprint in the U.S., including extensive R&D activities.

MEXICO CITY, April 3 (Reuters) - Sweden's AB Volvo (VOLVb.ST), opens new tab will increase its investment in the truck factory it is building in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon to $1 billion, Mexico's Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Thursday.
Volvo announced in August that it had chosen a site on the outskirts of the industrial hub Monterrey in northern Mexico as the site for its new North American heavy-duty truck factory, putting construction costs at the time at $700 million.

Taiwan’s chip industry can now have a temporary reprieve, as semiconductors have been listed among imports exempted from the latest round of tariffs announced on Wednesday by US President Donald Trump, an analyst said yesterday.

The exemption of semiconductors gave some insight into Trump’s tactics, equity analyst Andy Hsu (許博傑) told the Central News Agency (CNA) in a phone interview in Taipei.

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) has increased its investment in India and Vietnam, which sources said were likely made to expand capacity for Apple Inc products and artificial intelligence (AI) servers.

Since Oct. 25 last year, the company has bought US$32.26 million in equipment from Apple Operations Ltd for its Indian operation through subsidiary Foxconn Hon Hai Technology India Mega Development Private Ltd, Hon Hai said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

SINGAPORE - United Microelectronics Corp (UMC), a major chipmaker, on April 1 opened a new facility in Singapore that is expected to create about 700 jobs over the next few years.

The Taiwanese global semiconductor foundry said the advanced fabrication facility, or fab, in Pasir Ris will be injected with up to US$5 billion (S$6.7 billion) to bring the first of two planned phases of its development to the full capacity of 30,000 wafers a month.

The former Newport Wafer Fab (NWF) facility in South Wales is getting £250 million ($323 million) to start making silicon carbide semiconductors, a year after the sale of the site was approved by UK government.

Britain's largest semiconductor production plant, now officially known as Vishay Newport following acquisition by US chip biz Vishay Intertechnology, is gearing up to produce silicon carbide (SiC) components for use in high-power applications including drivetrain for EVs and wind turbines.

Siemens announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Altair Engineering Inc., a leading provider of software in the industrial simulation and analysis market, for an enterprise value of approximately USD 10 billion. With this acquisition, Siemens extends its leadership in simulation and industrial artificial intelligence (AI) by adding new capabilities in mechanical and electromagnetic simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), data science and AI. The addition of the Altair team and technology to Siemens will further enhance the most comprehensive Digital Twin and make simulation more accessible, so companies of any size can bring complex products to market faster.