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China's semiconductor industry is speeding up integration amid U.S. tensions, as the country’s chip equipment giant Naura Technology plans to acquire a 9.5% stake in local photolithography coating equipment maker Kingsemi for RMB 1.69 billion (USD 232.8 billion), according to ijiwei and the Econom...
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According to TrendForce's latest memory spot price trend report, regarding DRAM, the spot market continues to see an increase in trading activities, mirroring the contract market with strong demand for SK hynix’s DDR5 products. As for NAND flash, the wafer spot market carries on with its price hik...
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Previously, there were concerns that South Korea’s legal work-hour restrictions could weaken the competitiveness of its tech industry. According to Chosun Biz, the government now plans to introduce a provision extending the special work-hour exemption for semiconductor research positions from the ...
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Is the new U.S. Chip National Team in the making? According to Reuters, TSMC, after an additional $100 billion in the American soil on March 3rd, has reportedly approached NVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom, and Qualcomm about investing in a joint venture to run Intel's foundry operations. The report suggests...
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As noted by Korean media outlet The Financial News, citing sources, Samsung Electronics brought in its first High-NA EUV equipment, the EXE:5000, to its Hwaseong campus earlier this month. This equipment, priced at approximately 500 billion KRW (around 500 million USD), is exclusively supplied by...