chip manufacturing

Apple's demand for next-generation 3nm chips — for its devices expected to arrive in 2024 — will be lower than market expectations, according to a market analyst. Earlier this month, the Cupertino company unveiled its first smartphone with a 3nm chip, but TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo states that a decline in shipments for the iPad and MacBook in 2023 could lead to the company lowering its demand for the new chips next year. Meanwhile, Qualcomm is also expected to lower its demand for 3nm chips next year, according…

In its latest annual report, Foxconn said it would also look to establish a production line in India this year for two-wheeled electric vehicles.Foxconn in India has gone from being a quiet contract manufacturer with just a facility in Tamil Nadu to being one that is making all the right noises.The Taiwanese company, which is best known as the largest contract manufacturer for Apple and assembler of the iconic iPhone, has ambitious plans for India.The company has been…

The American chipmaker will set up an assembly, testing, and packaging facility for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and Nand flash modules in India. The plant will be established in two phases, with the first phase involving the construction of a 500,000 sq ft assembly facility in Sanand, Gujarat, scheduled to begin later this year. The second phase is expected to be implemented in the second half of this decade. Rival US semiconductor manufacturer Applied Materials has also…

With an aim to further boost its Make in India initiative, the central government will approve multiple semiconductor packaging and fabrication plant proposals in the coming weeks, IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said.The Centre reopened the window for fresh fab applications for leading and mature nodes under the modified semiconductor scheme on June 1."@GoI_MeitY has reopened the window for fresh fab applications for leading and mature nodes. This is being done since the January 2022 window was closed before the…

NEW DELHI : Fabless chipmaker MediaTek, which supplies chips to some of the world’s top electronics firms, said it is open to considering using chips made in India once the country’s ecosystem…

Intel Corp on Wednesday said its chip contract manufacturing division will work with U.K.-based chip designer Arm Ltd to ensure that mobile phone chips and other products that use Arm's technology can be made in Intel's factories. Once the biggest name in chips known as central processing units (CPUs), Intel has seen long seen its technological manufacturing edge blunted by rivals such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC), the world leader in making chips for customers such as Apple Inc. Intel's turnaround…

Japan said on Friday it will restrict exports of 23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, aligning its technology trade controls with a US push to curb China's ability to make advanced chips.Japan, home to major global chip equipment makers such as Nikon and Tokyo Electron, did not specify China as the target of the measures, saying equipment makers would need to seek export permission for all regions."We are fulfilling our responsibility as a technological nation to contribute to international peace and…

The retired founder of TSMC said on Thursday that even as he supported US efforts to slow China's advances in the semiconductor industry, the "bifurcation" of the global supply chain and the reversal of globalisation would increase prices and reduce the ubiquity of chips that power the modern world."There's no question in my mind that, in the chip sector, globalisation is dead. Free trade is not quite that dead, but it's in danger," Morris Chang said, speaking at an event hosted by Taiwan's CommonWealth Magazine."When the…

Inventory of South Korean chipmakers has increased to a nearly 26-year high in January, data showed Sunday, reflecting the sluggish global demand amid the economic uncertainties.The inventory-to-sales ratio of chips came to 265.7 per cent in January, the highest since 288.7 per cent posted in March 1997, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea.A higher ratio generally indicates that companies are facing more hurdles in selling their products, although the figure may rise when manufacturers stock up for large…

A 17-member team from Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) led by its chairman Young Liu will visit potential sites for investment in Bengaluru on Friday as Karnataka tries to emerge as an electronics and manufacturing hub for global firms.The team had, on Wednesday, met top officials in Delhi and said it "looks forward to walking hand in hand to make semiconductors a success in the country." On Tuesday, Liu had met PM Narendra Modi, pledging to build an ecosystem in India which would allow all our stakeholders to "share,…