Rapidus
A new semiconductor consortium in Japan The Japanese government has promoted the creation of a public-private consortium to produce the latest generation of semiconductors in Japan. It has promised to…
Newsletter 14-20 November 2022
There is a decrease in the amount of money invested in China. Sun Yuwang, chairman of the investment fund China Fortune-Tech Capital, said a few days ago that the number…
TSMC: a second plant in Arizona
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer, is reportedly planning to increase its investment in Arizona by $12 billion in order to produce 3nm semiconductors in addition…
Hua Hong to raise funds on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
Hong Kong-listed Hua Hong received approval on 7 November for an IPO on Shanghai's Star Market, raising a hoped-for total of $2.5 billion. Hua Hong, the country's second largest semiconductor…
US seeks to pressure allies’ chip gear makers to join export control
People attending a meeting of US semiconductor equipment manufacturer representatives with US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said that Dutch company ASML and Japanese chip gear makers such as Tokyo…
China denied access to US new-generation semiconductors
Xi Jinping said at the 20th CCP Congress last October that he wanted to "win the battle of key technologies" and strengthen China's position as a major technological power. These…