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Taiwan quake to hit some chip output, cause Asia supply chain disruptions
Taiwan quake to hit some chip output, cause Asia supply chain disruptions
TAIWAN’S biggest earthquake since 1999 is likely to cause some disruption across Asia’s semiconductor supply chain, analysts say, after chipmakers from TSMC to UMC halted some operations to inspect...
Japan approves 590 billion yen in aid to chip venture Rapidus
Japan approves 590 billion yen in aid to chip venture Rapidus
JAPAN approved up to 590 billion yen (S$5.3 billion) in subsidies to chip venture Rapidus, committing more money to its ambition to catch up in semiconductor manufacturing. The additional...
Japan approves 590 billion yen in aid to chip venture Rapidus
Japan approves 590 billion yen in aid to chip venture Rapidus
JAPAN approved up to 590 billion yen (S$5.3 billion) in subsidies to chip venture Rapidus, committing more money to its ambition to catch up in semiconductor manufacturing. The additional...
SK Hynix chief says HBM chips to be double-digit percentage of 2024 Dram chip sales
SK Hynix chief says HBM chips to be double-digit percentage of 2024 Dram chip sales
SOUTH Korea’s SK Hynix, an Nvidia supplier, expects high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips used in artificial intelligence (AI) chipsets to make up a double-digit percentage of its Dram chip sales...
China’s SMIC may have violated US export curbs to make Huawei chip: US official
China’s SMIC may have violated US export curbs to make Huawei chip: US official
China’s top chipmaker SMIC, under sanctions by the US, may have violated US export regulations by producing a chip to power Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro phone, a senior Commerce...
Samsung Electronics expects US0 million or more sales from advanced chip packaging business
Samsung Electronics expects US$100 million or more sales from advanced chip packaging business
SAMSUNG Electronics expects US$100 million or more of revenue from its next batch of advanced chip-packaging products this year, co-CEO Kyung Kye-hyun said on Wednesday (Mar 20). Samsung set...
US weighs sanctioning Huawei’s secretive Chinese chip network
US weighs sanctioning Huawei’s secretive Chinese chip network
THE Biden administration is considering blacklisting a number of Chinese semiconductor firms linked to Huawei Technologies after the telecom giant notched a significant technological breakthrough last year, sources familiar...
Nvidia supplier SK Hynix begins mass production of next generation memory chip
Nvidia supplier SK Hynix begins mass production of next generation memory chip
SK HYNIX said on Tuesday (Mar 19) that it has begun mass production of next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips used in artificial intelligence (AI) chipsets, with sources saying initial...
Nvidia unveils flagship AI chip, the B200, aiming to extend dominance
Nvidia unveils flagship AI chip, the B200, aiming to extend dominance
ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE semiconductor powerhouse Nvidia on Monday unveiled a flagship AI chip, the Blackwell B200, saying it is up to 30 times speedier than its previous chip. Chief executive Jensen Huang, kicking...
TSMC considering advanced chip packaging capacity in Japan, sources say
TSMC considering advanced chip packaging capacity in Japan, sources say
TAIWAN’S TSMC is looking at building advanced packaging capacity in Japan, according to two sources familiar with the matter, a move that would add momentum to Japan’s efforts to...