According to a report from Economic Daily News, citing Bloomberg, GlobalFoundries—the largest contract chipmaker in the U.S.—announced on June 4 that it will invest USD 16 billion to boost domestic chip production. The company is the latest to publicly commit billions of dollars toward expanding...

Samsung is reportedly pulling out of the MLC NAND flash market—and Micron might be next. According to Liberty Times, both memory giants are shifting away from low-capacity MLC products, sparking price hikes and a surge in orders for Taiwanese suppliers. While neither company has confirmed its ...

After Huawei’s Kirin X90 reportedly entered mass production on 5nm and Xiaomi wowed the world with its self-developed XRING O1—rumored to be built on 3nm—all eyes are now on China’s chip scene. However, with Washington blocking EDA giants like Synopsys, Cadence, and Siemens from supportin...

With Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of South Korea virtually confirmed as the 21st president, attention is turning to whether he will deliver on pledges to strengthen South Korea’s semiconductor industry—its top export and a key growth driver in the AI era, as noted by Chosun Biz. Preside...

As memory giants ramp up their efforts on 10nm-class DRAM, Micron announced on June 3 that it has begun shipping qualification samples of the world’s first LPDDR5X memory based on the 1γ node, aimed at enhancing AI performance in flagship smartphones. As indicated by ZDNet, the 1γ process mar...