With the U.S. tightening chip export controls, China is reportedly exploring a more drastic solution. According to Korean media outlet etnews, the Chinese government is pushing to consolidate the country’s semiconductor equipment companies into about 10 key players. The report suggests that due...

Driven by both policy and market demand, a wave of mergers and acquisitions is sweeping through China's semiconductor industry, with equipment manufacturers actively participating. Following NAURA’s announcement of acquiring shares in KINGSEMI, another major development has emerged—HWATSING has ...

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...

Recently, Tokyo Electron (hereinafter referred to as "TEL") announced plans to build a new production facility in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The facility will be managed by TEL's manufacturing subsidiary, TEL Miyagi, and will primarily produce semiconductor manufacturing equipment such as plasma etch...

According to TechNews, China is accelerating its efforts to localize semiconductor production. Among these efforts, semiconductor equipment serves as the cornerstone of the industry, and its level of localization directly determines the overall autonomy and control of the semiconductor supply chai...