Shortly after announcing its plan to close the Yokohama Plant, Nikon seems to double down its efforts on advanced node related chipmaking tools. According to Nikkan Shimbun, the Japanese semiconductor equipment firm aims to double sales of its wafer alignment stations—which measure wafer distortio...

While TSMC, Samsung, and other semiconductor giants ramp up U.S. investments under the government’s reshoring push, chip equipment leader Applied Materials is taking a different stance. According to Wccftech and Investing.com, CFO Brice Hill noted at the Deutsche Bank Tech Conference that U.S. inc...

According to Liberty Times, citing German media outlet BR24, the Bavarian state government has announced a collaboration with TSMC to establish an AI chip research and development center at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The center, officially named the Munich Advanced-Technology Cente...

According to Economic Daily News, citing Wall Street Journal, sources say Alibaba has introduced a new AI chip that is more versatile than its predecessors, aiming to fill the gap left after NVIDIA faced regulatory hurdles in selling to China. The chip, currently in testing, is reportedly produced b...

With DDR4 prices holding strong amid tight supply, memory giants that once planned to phase out the chip are now reversing course. South Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper reports that Samsung and SK hynix will extend DDR4 production into next year. Previously, as Commercial Times noted, both com...