Amid tariff pressures, TSMC is ramping up new capacity both at home and overseas. According to CNA and MoneyDJ, the foundry giant plans to build nine new facilities in 2025—eight fabs and one advanced packaging plant—across its global footprint. Most of the newly added capacities will feature...

According to The Elec, Samsung plans to outsource the production of photomasks used in memory chip manufacturing. Until now, the company has produced all photomasks in-house to prevent technology leakage. The Elec states that Samsung is reportedly evaluating potential suppliers for lower-end photom...

After stunning the semiconductor equipment market with around 30 chipmaking tools at SEMICON China, SiCarrier, regarded to be tied with Huawei, now seeks $2.8 billion in its first fundraising round, according to Reuters. The deal, drawing strong interests from state firms, funds, and local invest...

With 2nm becoming the next battleground for chipmakers, Samsung is racing—like Intel—to close the gap with TSMC by landing major external orders. Now, it may be just one step away: according to Chosun Biz, Samsung Foundry has entered the final phase of 2nm performance testing with NVIDIA GPUs an...

According to Commercial Times, citing Wccftech, Rose Castanares, president of TSMC Arizona, recently stated in an interview with Axios that TSMC’s total investment of USD 165 billion in the U.S. is expected to directly create 12,000 jobs once all sites are completed and fully operational. As no...