TrendForce’s investigation into the impact of the recent strong earthquake in the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, reveals that several key semiconductor-related facilities are located within the affected area. This includes MLCC manufacturer TAIYO YUDEN, silicon wafer (raw wafer) producers Shin-Etsu and GlobalWafers, and fabs such as Toshiba and TPSCo (a joint venture between Tower and Nuvoton).

Global semiconductor capacity is expected to increase 6.4% in 2024 to top the 30 million *wafers per month (wpm) mark for the first time after rising 5.5% to 29.6 wpm in 2023, SEMI announced today in its latest quarterly World Fab Forecast report.

TSMC will host a formal opening ceremony for its first fab in Japan on February 24, 2024, new reports say. The semiconductor production facility will be capable of making chips using TSMC's N28 (28nm-class) technologies -- and will be the most advanced logic fab in the Land of the Rising Sun.

A license for the shipment of NXT:2050i and NXT:2100i lithography systems in 2023 has recently been partially revoked by the Dutch government, impacting a small number of customers in China.

Apple (AAPL.O) can for now resume sales of its flagship smartwatches, after a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday paused a government commission's import ban on the devices imposed in a patent dispute over its medical monitoring technology.

JERUSALEM, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Israel's government agreed to give Intel (INTC.O) a $3.2 billion grant for a new $25 billion chip plant it plans to build in southern Israel, both sides said on Tuesday, in what is the largest investment ever by a company in Israel.

MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Semiconductor industry players Robert Bosch GmbH, Infineon Technologies AG, Nordic Semiconductor ASA, NXP® Semiconductors, and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., have formally established Quintauris GmbH. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, the company aims to advance the adoption of RISC-V globally by enabling next-generation hardware development.

X-FAB Silicon Foundries SE (Euronext Paris: XFAB) (X-FAB or the Company) announces the application of article 7:97 of the Belgian Code on Companies and Associations (BCCA) in the context of the planned acquisition of M-MOS Semiconductor Hong Kong Limited, a fabless company focused on the development of MOSFET technologies.

Samsung Electronics and ASML agreed to jointly invest 1 trillion won ($762 million) to build a research fab in Korea to develop cutting-edge semiconductor manufacturing technologies using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) equipment, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Tuesday.

Another Korean chip giant, SK Hynix, also signed a deal with the Dutch firm to jointly develop technology to reduce energy loss in semiconductor production by using EUV equipment.

The deals were reached during a meeting between key businesspeople from the semiconductor industries of both countries.

Albany NanoTech Will House North America’s First and Only Publicly Owned High NA Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Center – Bringing the Future of Advanced Semiconductor Research & Manufacturing to New York’s Capital Region

Project Will Unlock Transformative Benefits Including Thousands of New Direct, Indirect, and Union Construction Jobs and Strong Commitments to Workforce Development and Sustainability.