First India-US Semiconductor Fabrication Cooperation Of Its Kind A Reality

First India-US Semiconductor Fabrication Cooperation Of Its Kind A Reality

The fab becomes not only India’s first, but one of world’s first multi-material fab for national security New Delhi: US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed a watershed arrangement to set up a semiconductor fabrication plant focused on advanced sensing, communication, and power electronics for national security, next generation telecommunications, and green … Read more

Samsung flags 10-fold rise in first-quarter profit as chip prices recover

Samsung flags 10-fold rise in first-quarter profit as chip prices recover

Samsung Electronics estimated on Friday a more than 10-fold rise in its first-quarter operating profit, as rebounding semiconductor prices lifted earnings from a low base a year ago when there was a severe downturn in chip demand. The world’s largest memory chip and TV maker estimated its operating profit rose to a better-than-expected 6.6 trillion … Read more

Taiwan quake to hit some chip output, disrupt supply chain, analysts say

Taiwan quake to hit some chip output, disrupt supply chain, analysts say

Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in at least 25 years is likely to tighten supply of tech components such as display panels and semiconductors, analysts said, as manufacturers in the global tech powerhouse restore operations at affected facilities. The powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan’s eastern coast near Hualien County on Wednesday morning, killing nine people and injuring … Read more

Samsung profit likely biggest in six quarters on higher chip prices

Samsung profit likely biggest in six quarters on higher chip prices

Samsung Electronics is expected to post a near nine-fold increase in first-quarter profit from a year earlier as rebounding semiconductor prices lift earnings from a low base caused by a severe chip downturn. Operating profit for the world’s biggest maker of memory chips and TVs likely rose to 5.7 trillion won ($4.24 billion) in the … Read more

US weighs sanctioning Huawei’s secretive Chinese chip network

US weighs sanctioning Huawei’s secretive Chinese chip network

The Biden administration is considering blacklisting a number of Chinese semiconductor firms linked to Huawei Technologies Co. after the telecom giant notched a significant technological breakthrough last year, people familiar with the matter said. Such a move would mark another escalation in a US campaign to ringfence and curtail Beijing’s AI and semiconductor ambitions. It … Read more

Chipmakers searching for ‘China Plus 1’ are finding Malaysia

Chipmakers searching for ‘China Plus 1’ are finding Malaysia

PENANG, Malaysia: Construction cranes still surround the brand-spanking-new plant in Kulim’s industrial park in Malaysia. But inside, legions of workers hired by Austrian tech giant AT&S are already gearing up to produce at full capacity by year’s end. Outfitted in head-to-toe coveralls, with oversized safety glasses and hard hats, they’re reminiscent of the worker bees … Read more