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New York Joins IBM, Micron in $10 Billion Chip Research Complex

Dec. 11, 2023 12:01 am ETNew York state is joining chip companies to invest $10 billion in a semiconductor research facility at the University at Albany that is set to include some of the most advanced chip-making equipment in the world.NY Creates, a nonprofit that oversees the Albany NanoTech Complex where the facility is to be built, will coordinate its construction. It will also use state funds to acquire chip-making equipment from ASML Holding, a Dutch company whose machines can cost hundreds of millions of dollars

ASML, Eindhoven Tech University to build new research facility

ASML Holding NV, Europe's largest technology firm, said on Monday it will build a new research centre including a clean room together with Eindhoven's Technical University, a project expected to cost several hundred million euros. TU Eindhoven said it expects the project will lead to 40 new PhDs annually at the university in fields related to semiconductor manufacturing including nano materials, photonics and quantum computing. The facility will have space for around 500 researchers in all, including hundreds from ASML…

Japan, Netherlands Agree to Limit Exports of Chip-Making Equipment to China

WASHINGTON—Japan and the Netherlands have agreed with the U.S. to start restricting exports of advanced chip-manufacturing equipment to China, joining efforts by the Biden administration to slow China’s military development by cutting access to advanced technologies.The agreement was reached Friday at a meeting in Washington between top national-security officials from the three countries, according to people familiar with the situation, a result of the Biden administration’s effort to convince allies to implement export…

ASMI expects Chinese sales to drop 40% on US chip sanctions

ASMI International expects new US export restrictions to weigh heavily on its sales in China, the Dutch semiconductor supplier said as it reported third-quarter revenue slightly above its own forecast. July-September revenue increased 33% year-on-year to 610 million euros ($607.38 million), beating the company's guided range of 570 million to 600 million euros, while new quarterly orders came in at 676 million euros, adjusted for the expected negative impact of the recent US export restrictions. According to ASMI, which…

Taiwan Says U.S. Doesn’t Need to Blow Up TSMC if China Invades

The TSMC building in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan could be a major target for China if they were to ever invade, and some former U.S. officials have mumbled about the need to prepare for “scorched earth” to deny China the company’s assets.Photo: Annabelle Chih (Getty Images)Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is, by many estimates, the most important chipmaker in the world, both monetarily and for the worldwide tech supply chain. If the global economy suddenly lost access to TSMC’s chipmaking expertise, it could

Mint Explainer: How chips became the fulcrum of geopolitics

A chip war has brewed quietly between the US and China for several years. Both are the largest semiconductor markets, each accounting for nearly 25% of global consumption. The US has long been trying to deny China access to latest technology, but recently several happenings one after the other suggest this chip war is getting turbulent, and the US is trying to cut China out of the global semiconductor supply chain. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s defiant trip to Taiwan that angered…

Chip-Making Machines Draw Record Orders for Dutch Tech Firm

The world’s only manufacturer of a machine for making advanced semiconductors reported record orders as chip makers continue seeking to boost their production capabilities despite a recent slowdown in demand. Dutch company ASML Holding ASML 1.77% NV said Wednesday that while it faces the same challenges of inflation, supply-chain constraints and recession concerns that many other companies do, it has a big backlog of orders and predicts…