ChipMaking

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co executives said that the world's biggest chipmaker will have the next version of ASML Holding NV's most advanced chipmaking tool in 2024. The tool called "high-NA EUV" produces beams of focused light that create the microscopic circuitry on computer chips used in phones, laptops, cars and artificial intelligence devices such as smart speakers. EUV stands for extreme ultraviolet, the wavelength of light used by ASML's most advanced machines. "TSMC will bring in high-NA EUV scanners in…

A nationwide strike by truck drivers in South Korea has disrupted shipments to China of a key cleaning agent used by makers of semiconductor chips, the Korean International Trade Association (KITA) said. It was the first sign the eight-day-old strike was affecting chip production's global supply chain. It has already cost South Korea's industry more than $1.2 billion in lost output and unfilled deliveries, according to the industry ministry. KITA said a Korean company that produces isopropyl alcohol (IPA), a chemical…

Since returning back to the helm at the conglomerate, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong has been hard to work on key areas of concern for the company. Perhaps the most important challenge for the company is the need to secure advanced chipmaking machines that are only made by one company in the world. Based in the Netherlands, ASML is the only manufacturer of extreme ultraviolet exposure equipment in the world. These machines are crucial for ultra-fine semiconductor processing. On his upcoming visit to…

SAN FRANCISCO: Chips for chipmaking machines are one of the things in short supply amid chip shortage constraints, say executives from Intel and Apple chipmaker TSMC.Buying new chipmaking machines was never a speedy process, given their complexity and delicacy, but lead times before the pandemic were measured in months.While many commentators say they expect the chip shortage to ease by the end of this year, the WSJ reports chipmaking companies describing that as an overly optimistic view.What began as a pandemic-era…

The drought in chip availability that has hit auto production, raised electronics prices and stoked supply-chain worries in capitals around the globe has a new pain point: a lack of chips needed for the machines that make chips, industry executives say.The wait time it takes to get machinery for chip-making—one of the world’s most complex and delicate kinds of manufacturing—has extended over recent months. Early in the pandemic it took months from placing an order to receiving the equipment. That time frame has stretched…

International semiconductor consortium ISMC will invest $3 billion (roughly Rs. 22,940 crore) in India's southern Karnataka state to set up a chip-making plant, the state government said on Sunday.ISMC is a joint venture between Abu Dhabi-based Next Orbit Ventures and Israel's Tower Semiconductor. US chip giant Intel has announced plans to acquire Tower.India's first semiconductor fabrication unit is expected to generate more than 1,500 direct jobs and 10,000 indirect jobs, the state's investment promotion division said…

Intel has picked Germany as the site for a huge new chipmaking complex, giving the first details of a $88 billion (roughly Rs. 6,70,187 crore) investment drive across Europe, which is striving to cut its reliance on imports and ease a supply crunch for manufacturers.The plan is the latest big investment announcement by a major semiconductor maker as the industry tries to catch up with a boom in demand for chips used in everything from smartphones to cars, though there will be no quick fix as the new German plants won't…