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https://www.gizchina.com/2024/05/11/huawei-no-longer-needs-qualcomm-chips/
EFE UDIN MAY 11, 2024
Qualcomm, a leading American semiconductor company, has recently confirmed that Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications giant, no longer requires its processors. This announcement comes amidst ongoing...
https://www.j-ic.co.jp/en/news/.assets/E_20240417_JIC_JICC_PressRelease.pdf
Government-backed Japan Investment Corporation (JIC) completed takeover of Japanese photoresist manufacturer JSR, which previously acquired Inpria, the maker of metal oxide photoresists. There are ongoing lawsuits...
https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-electronics-announces-first-quarter-2024-results
Samsung Electronics today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
The Company posted KRW 71.92 trillion in consolidated revenue on the back of strong sales of flagship Galaxy...
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tsmc-says-it-doesnt-need-high-na-chipmaking-tools-for-16nm-class-node-in-contrast-intel-has-championed-the-tech
TSMC says its newest process tech doesn't need ASML's High-NA EUV chipmaking tools that have been championed by Intel, but the foundry is...
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/04/29/apples-iphone-factory-shift-has-left-a-ghost-town-behind-in-china
Foxconn is closing factories in China as iPhone production moves elsewhere, and impacts beyond industry have been made crystal clear in a new video.
Apple has long operated its...
HONG KONG/SHENZHEN/SHANGHAI, April 18 (Reuters) - Chinese technology giant Huawei started selling two models of its highly anticipated, high-end Pura 70 smartphone series on Thursday that many analysts expect to contain an advanced China-made chip like its Mate 60 handset.
The Pura series...
At this year's SPIE, there are indications current EUV masks have problems with the Ta-based absorbers, leading to image fading.
Image fading has been covered in two papers...
https://www.reuters.com/technology/samsung-profit-likely-biggest-six-quarters-higher-chip-prices-2024-04-03/
Samsung's chip design and chip contract manufacturing businesses are still loss-making, analysts said.
However, the chip division is expected to be profitable thanks to higher DRAM and...
Today on CNN 10, Will Ripley gives us a look inside the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world's largest producer of microchips that power everything from smartphones to cars to artificial intelligence applications...
https://www.ft.com/content/7bf0f79b-dea7-49fa-8253-f678d5acd64a
China has introduced new guidelines that will mean US microprocessors from Intel and AMD are phased out of government PCs and servers, as Beijing ramps up a campaign to replace foreign technology with homegrown solutions.
Lao...
https://www.techbang.com/posts/113767-smic-will-set-up-an-in-house-rd-team-to-start-rd-on-the-3nm
It has been reported that SMIC has assembled a team to develop 3nm internally. Potentially, there could be a consideration of post-FinFET technology, such as CFETs.
However, it is also widely...
https://www.mk.co.kr/en/it/10939027
2024-02-07 17:50:18 Updated : 2024-02-08 10:50:52
SK Hynix and Taiwan's TSMC have established an 'AI Semiconductor Alliance'. SK Hynix has emerged as a strong player in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market due to the generative artificial intelligence...
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2024-03-07/business/industry/Court-sides-with-SK-hynix-against-former-researchers-move-to-Micron/1997008
A Seoul court sided with SK hynix in its attempt to ban a former engineer from working for rival Micron.
The Seoul Central Court granted an...
https://spie.org/advanced-lithography/presentation/High-power-EUV-light-sources-500w-for-high-throughput-in/12953-43#_=_
EUV lithography systems are now fully deployed in the high-volume manufacturing of leading edge semiconductor devices. In this paper, we review the performance of ASML’s...
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-steps-up-grey-zone-warfare-exhaust-taiwan-defence-report-says-2024-03-07/
TAIPEI, March 7 (Reuters) - China has stepped up grey-zone warfare against Taiwan, aiming to make the areas around the democratic island "saturated" with balloons, drones and...
https://spie.org/advanced-lithography/presentation/Study-of-EUV-stochastic-defect-on-wafer-yield/12954-4#_=_
As semiconductor industry transitions to EUV lithography in advanced technology nodes, EUV stochastic defects play a significant role in chip yield degradation. Present yield models do...
https://techhq.com/2024/02/samsung-seizes-2nm-ai-chip-deal-challenging-tsmc/
"In a notable turn of events disclosed during Samsung’s Q4 2023 financial report, the tech world buzzed with news of Samsung’s foundry division securing a prized contract for 2nm AI chips. Amid speculation, Samsung...
https://www.trendforce.com/news/2024/01/22/news-samsung-reportedly-trials-2nd-gen-3nm-chips-aims-for-60-yield/
According to industry sources cited by South Korean media The Chosun Daily, Samsung has commenced the production of prototypes for its second-generation 3nm process and is testing the...