President Trump may not stop the $53 billion CHIPS Act outright, but his moves could slow fund distribution for U.S. chip fabs. Bloomberg and The Register report that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), under the Commerce Department, plans to cut up to 500 probationary staffer...

As the semiconductor industry enters the Angstrom era, advanced node investments are increasingly dominated by tech giants. However, Japan’s Nikon aims to challenge this monopoly, planning to launch a new ArF immersion lithography system in FY2028 with improved compatibility with ASML’s products...

According to a report from MoneyDJ, citing Semiconductor Digest and Tom’s Hardware, building a semiconductor fab in the U.S. costs twice as much and takes twice as long as in Taiwan, as highlighted by Herbert Blaschitz, Executive Vice President at Exyte, a leading provider of engineering solutions...

For years, there have been rumors that Apple planned to develop its own modem chips to reduce reliance on Qualcomm and cut costs. According to its press release, the newly released iPhone 16e is equipped with the Apple C1, the company’s first self-developed cellular modem. As noted by a report ...

U.S. chip giant NVIDIA has reportedly updated its policy with memory suppliers, now requiring HBM stacks to be fully tested before being shipped to foundries for packaging, according to South Korean media outlet TheElec. The report indicates that HBM stacks from memory makers were previously sent...