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While all eyes are on Intel’s restructuring plan, which features the foundry unit’s spin-off and the delay of Germany and Poland factories, there is another critical decision regarding its photonics business. According to Intel’s announcement, the tech giant is moving Integrated Photonics S...
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Huawei’s Mate XT, being the world’s first tri-fold smartphone, has created a buzz as it got over 4 million preorders even before the formal launch. However, the tech giant might not enjoy the monopoly for long. Citing a recent patent filing published by China’s State Intellectual Property Offi...
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On September 9, 2024, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released the "Guiding Catalog for the Promotion and Application of Major Technical Equipment (2024 Edition)," listing 286 domestically manufactured equipment items. Among these, the KrF and ArF lithography machine...
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In early September, rumors have it that TSMC’s first US fab in Arizona began producing engineering wafers using the 4nm process in April, with yields reportedly comparable to those manufactured in its Southern Taiwan Science Park facility. Now here’s the latest update: the fab has started trial ...
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The Federal Reserve held its FOMC meeting on September 18, announcing a 50-basis point cut to the federal funds rate, lowering it to a range of 4.75% to 5%. In its post-meeting statement, the Fed noted that the labor market had shifted from moderate growth to a slowdown, and its confidence in inflat...