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TSMC launched the "Business Secret Registration System Alumni Association" with the goal of promoting at least 3 companies to establish this system every year
Feb
On July 29, Taiwanese media reported that TSMC, the leading foundry, launched the "Business Secret Registration System Alumni Association". It is reported that in addition to TSMC, the members of the first alumni association include 5 companies that have constructed and started to implement a business secret registration system, and 4 companies that are actively eva…
Korean media: South Korea joins the "Chip 4 alliance" is the correct answer
Feb
On August 1, BusinessKorea reported that the South Korean government should decide whether to join the "Chip 4 Alliance" by the end of this month. The idea put forward by the United States is to establish a stable supply chain in the semiconductor industry by utilizing the chip design capabilities and core technologies of the United States, the manufacturing capabil…
US chip bill wants to restrict TSMC from increasing production of advanced chips below 28 nanometers in mainland China
Feb
After a long year and a half, the US Senate has finally passed a "simplified" US chip bill. According to the "Economic Daily" report, the US $52 billion chip bill has an important additional condition: companies receiving subsidies must promise not to increase the production of advanced chips in mainland China, otherwise they may have to return the subsidy in full.
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Global smartphone shipments drop for four consecutive seasons! IDC: The main reason comes from the Chinese market
Feb
According to a report by data agency IDC, global smartphone shipments in the second quarter of 2022 fell by 8.7% year-on-year, and shipments in the quarter fell to 286 million units, a decrease of 3.5% than expected. This is the fourth consecutive quarter of decline in global smartphone shipments.
Similarly, Canalys reported on August 1 that global smartphone shi…
MLCC factory Taiyo Yuden orders shrink for four consecutive seasons, plans to reduce capacity utilization
Feb
According to the Nikkei News, Taiyo Yuden, a major manufacturer of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC), saw a sharp drop in orders last quarter and shrank for four consecutive quarters. utilization.
Taiyo Yuden announced the last quarter (April-June 2022) financial report after the Japanese stock market on the 3rd: Due to the spread of the new crown pneumonia ep…
South Korea implements the "National Advanced Strategic Industry Law" to promote the development of the semiconductor industry
Feb
Korea International Radio reported on August 4 that South Korea's "National Advanced Strategic Industry Law" was officially implemented on the 4th. The law designates industrial technologies such as semiconductors as national cutting-edge strategic technologies and strengthens support.
It is understood that the "Special Measures Law on Strengthening and Protectin…
It is rumored that Intel CEO may visit TSMC in August to discuss new CPU cooperation using 3nm process
Feb
On July 8, according to DIGITIMES, sources said that Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger may visit TSMC in August to discuss cooperation on the 3nm process. That's because Intel's upcoming "Meteor Lake" CPUs have been rescheduled to start shipping in late 2023.
Intel is sticking to its original blueprint for its 14th Gen Core Meteor Lake CPUs, which will use Intel 4 compute …
Not afraid of the cold wind blowing downstream, semiconductor silicon wafers are still in the slightly hot hills
Feb
The downstream applications of semiconductors are blowing cold air, and the cooling atmosphere has been felt from channels to IC design. There are also signs of loose production capacity in the foundry field. However, the supply and demand of upstream silicon wafers are still generally tight, and they are still in a "slightly hot mountain". mound". The legal person …
Nvidia's DPU ecosystem continues to increase, and Chinese developers account for half of the world's total
Feb
The chip company Nvidia is working hard to make DPU (Data Processing Unit, data processor) the third largest computing pillar after CPU and GPU. Just as it simultaneously promoted the development of the CUDA ecosystem when developing GPUs, actively developing the DOCA ecosystem in the DPU era is similar to NVIDIA.
DPU is regarded as the third largest chip after C…
Australian scientists develop first self-calibrating programmable photonic chip
Feb
According to Science and Technology Daily, an international team led by Australian scientists has developed the first self-calibrating photonic chip, which can "transform" into a bridge on the data highway, changing the current connection between optical chips and increasing the speed of data transmission. The latest research was published in the journal Nature Phot…
Amazon, Microsoft and Google strengthen cloud computing market dominance
Feb
According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon, Microsoft and Google, which dominate the cloud computing market, have boomed during the new crown epidemic. And now, as the economy enters another turbulent phase, the three companies appear poised to continue their strong momentum.
The three companies captured 65 percent of the $53 billion in global spending on cloud…
Infineon's third factory in Kulim laid the foundation stone to further expand its power semiconductor production capacity in Malaysia
Feb
Infineon's third factory project in Kulim, Malaysia held a groundbreaking ceremony a few days ago. The project has a total investment of more than RM8 billion and will be used for the manufacture of third-generation semiconductor silicon carbide and gallium nitride products. It is expected to be completed and put into production in the third quarter of 2024. .
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Samsung Securities: It is recommended that Samsung split the foundry department and go public in the United States
Feb
Samsung Securities recently released a report saying that with DRAM sales declining for two consecutive quarters, Samsung Electronics must diversify its product portfolio in the foundry field, and it is recommended to spin off the foundry division and list it in the United States.
"The macro economy has deteriorated further, and Samsung Electronics' DRAM capacity…
In response to rising raw materials, Japan's automotive lithium battery prices rise
Feb
The global supply chain has been disrupted by the epidemic and the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war has led to shortages of scarce resources, including rare earths, forcing manufacturers that rely on these raw materials to raise prices or find alternative sources.
The Nikkei Asian Review reported on the 18th that Japanese automotive lithium battery manufactu…
Samsung Electronics to exit India's feature phone market in December
Feb
Samsung Electronics decided to stop its feature phone business in India starting in December this year and focus on smartphones.
According to Korean media Business Korea, Samsung Electronics manufactures feature phones in India through local mobile phone company Dixon Technology. It had a 12% share of the Indian feature phone market in the first quarter of this y…