The U.S. initial jobless claims have decreased last week, while continuing claims have reached their highest level in nearly three years, potentially reflecting increased difficulty for workers in finding new employment. The U.S. initial jobless claims for the previous week were 227,000, a decrea...

The discovery of TSMC-manufactured chips in Huawei devices has sparked significant concern among U.S. lawmakers. John Moolenaar, Chairman of the U.S. Congressional Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and a Republican Congressman, criticized the reports, calling it a "catastrophic failure"...

According to a recent press release from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the department has partnered with optical semiconductor company Infinera under the CHIPS Act, signing a non-binding memorandum of understanding to provide up to USD 93 million in funding. This subsidy will support Infinera ...

According to SEMI, the global shipments of silicon wafers are projected to decline 2% to 12,174 million square inches (MSI) in 2024, while strong rebound of 10% is expected in 2025, with shipments projected to reach 13,328 MSI as demand continues to recover. The report suggests that strong silico...

Kioxia is set to introduce its progress on DRAM storage-class memory (SCM) and 3D-NAND technologies at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) 2024 conference in San Francisco in December, featuring its Oxide-Semiconductor Channel Transistor DRAM (OCTRAM) technology jointly developed...