ChipMaking

NVIDIA may have figured out a way to go around the US export restrictions on China, but apparently ASML, the Dutch firm behind the key chipmaking equipment, isn't having much say on this end. According to Bloomberg, Biden's administration reportedly reached out to ASML "weeks before" the January 1, 2024 export ban deadline, requesting the firm to halt some pre-scheduled shipments of its deep ultraviolet lithography (DUV) machines to its Chinese customers. This came after the revelation that SMIC used ASML tech to…

Israel's government agreed to give Intel a $3.2 billion (roughly Rs. 26,600 crore) grant for new $25 billion (roughly Rs. 2,91,100 crore) chip plant it plans to build in southern Israel, both sides said on Tuesday.The news comes as Israel remains locked in a war with Palestinian militant group Hamas in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.The expansion plan for its Kiryat Gat site is an "important part of Intel's efforts to foster a more resilient global supply chain, alongside the company's ongoing and…

Omron Corp., a Japanese provider of health-care equipment and factory automation, is setting its sights on the lucrative chipmaking gear market to fuel future growth.The Kyoto-based electronics firm is launching an X-ray scanner in the spring that will better detect flaws in advanced semiconductor manufacturing and improve production yields for the world's biggest chipmakers. The VT-X950 machine will produce 3D images of chips with sufficient resolution to identify defects at a 1-nanometer scale, at least a generation…

China has decided to limit some rare earth metals that are vital to the manufacturing of semiconductors like gallium and germanium. Although this was in retaliation to the ongoing US-China chip war, this move may backfire on China…

Last updated: July 12th, 2023 at 14:18 UTC+02:00 Samsung Foundry’s 4nm process yield appears to be improving every quarter. According to industry sources, Samsung’s yield is good enough to attract new Qualcomm and NVIDIA chip orders. This shift in manufacturing may help Samsung close the gap with its chipset rival TSMC. At the beginning of May, industry insiders were saying that Samsung’s 4nm yield reached levels similar to TSMC’s. However, now, Samsung reportedly has a semiconductor yield of over 75%. Furthermore,…

Taiwan's Foxconn said on Tuesday it plans to apply for incentives that India is offering under its semiconductor manufacturing policy, a day after the company parted ways with Vedanta on a $19.5 billion (roughly Rs. 1,60,600 crore) chipmaking joint venture."Foxconn is committed to India and sees the country successfully establishing a robust semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem," the company said."Foxconn is working toward submitting an application."On Monday, Foxconn withdrew from its semiconductor JV with Indian…

Koike is carrying the ball for Japan in a different contest, this one with tens of billions of investment dollars and global economic security at stake. After slipping near the bottom of the semiconductor-manufacturing league, Tokyo once again wants to field a championship contender. Koike heads a startup called Rapidus that plans to invest some $35 billion by 2027 building a factory in northern Japan to manufacture 2-nanometer chips, the current state-of-the-art design.…

Rapidus is looking to invest about $35 billion to manufacture 2-nanometer chips and work with the U.S. to counter China’s ambitions. Rapidus is looking to invest about $35 billion to manufacture 2-nanometer chips and work with the U.S. to counter China’s ambitions. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their…

On a day in late April, a small drilling rig sits at the edge of the scrubby overgrown fields of Syracuse, New York, taking soil samples. It’s the first sign of construction on what could become the largest semiconductor manufacturing facility in the United States. The CHIPS and Science Act, passed last year with bipartisan congressional support, was widely viewed by industry leaders and politicians as a way to secure supply chains, and make the United States competitive again in semiconductor chip manufacturing.  Now…

China has decided to limit the export of gallium and other related products that are vital to the designing and manufacturing of semiconductors. This measure comes as a retaliation for the US' ongoing tech war with China…