On October 20, 2020, SK Hynix announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire Intel’s NAND business, including its Dalian plant in China, for $9 billion. However, a year later, SK Hynix still has not received approval from Chinese regulators for the merger, and it is possible that SK… Read More »One year after announcement Chinese authorities still did not approve SK Hynix-Intel deal.
On October 19, at the 2021 Yunqi Conference, Pingtou, a semiconductor company under Alibaba, released the self-developed chip for cloud server applications, under the name Etian 710. The chip is based on ARM architecture and is an important step for Alibaba Cloud to promote the “one cloud with multiple cores”… Read More »Alibaba released its self-developed chip for cloud server applications
In recent years, Russians are also strengthening its own processor development program, currently the most famous for Baikal Electronics’ Baikal series. This series was previously based on the MIPS architecture, and in the last two years has shifted to the ARM architecture. The company’s recently developed Baikal-M series shipped so… Read More »Russian domestic chips development
Ocean Bridge, a chemical/special gas and equipment maker for semiconductor processes, is supplying equipment to major semiconductor companies such as SK Hynix. The amount of orders received this year significantly exceeded the total sales of the business division last year. Ocean Bridge announced on the 18th that it had won… Read More »Ocean Bridge expansion in semiconductor’s chemicals segment
According to SEMI’s forecast wafer production for power and compound semiconductor production will continue to increase and exceed 10 million sheets per month by 2023. SEMI recently released the ‘Power & Compound Fab Report to 2024’. Global power and compound semiconductor production is expected to increase to 10.6 million wafers… Read More »Global power and compound semiconductor production is expected to increase to 10.6 million wafers per month by 2024
Mouser Electronics, an authorized distributor of the latest semiconductors and electronic components worldwide, is exploring an Industry 4.0 latest strategy with STMicroelectronics (ST), a global semiconductor leader serving customers in a variety of electronic applications. Mouser announced on the 14th that it has recently partnered with ST to create a… Read More »Mouser Electronics strategy for Industry 4.0
We still don’t know the specifics of the European Chips Act, such as the size of the subsidy, but we are watching closely how it develops. Mr. Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner in charge of the Internal Market, visited Japan in September and reported on Twitter that he met with… Read More »On European Chips Act’s Asian connection
Synopsys Korea announced on the 14th that in line with the government’s K- semiconductor strategy, it will establish a semiconductor IP development research center in Korea and strengthen recruitment of local talent and build localized customer support. Synopsys is a company that provides solutions such as TCAD/OPC for semiconductor process/device… Read More »Synopsys to invest in South Korea along K-semiconductor strategy
On October 7, TSMC’s Chief Legal Officer, Mr. Fang Shuhua, took the stage at a forum jointly held by Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Science and Technology. She spoke on the topic of “Practicing Corporate Integrity from the Perspective of Protecting Confidential Information.” In response to the U.S.… Read More »TSMC will keep it private
Samsung Electronics announced on the 12th of October that it has begun mass production of the industry’s most advanced 14-nm DRAM using the EUV process. EUV is a process capable of implementing more detailed circuits as the wavelength is 10 times shorter than that of the argon fluoride laser. Samsung… Read More »Samsung started producing the industry’s most advanced DRAM using EUV