at a total cost of $24 billion. It’s developing two similar sites, one along the Yangtze in Nanjing and another further west in Chengdu, at similar cost. They will be the largest and most sophisticated chip factories ever built by a Chinese company. ...
At least 20 factories are either under construction or have been recently completed, with the projects creating more than 2 million square meters of floor space. Taiwan isn't the only country where TSMC is building factories, as one Arizona plant project valued at $12 billion is expected to ...
factories could produce 600,000 wafers per year, versus total capacity of some 15 million wafers per year. To a large extent, the impact of new capacity on returns is already reflected in current industry valuations, in his view. Furthermore, Giammattei believes the U.S. government’s ...
The report identified the main issue as the need for additional semiconductor factories (also called semiconductor fabrication plants or fabs). Construction of new fabs, however, is expensive and can take years before making an impact in the supply. ...
“One thing that’s really exciting is our engagement with universities, local economic development agencies, as well as community colleges, to make sure that programs are in place, to place qualified workers within these factories, as well as these R&D ecosystems. And we’re seeing a ...
undermine international trade rules, and destabilize the global industrial and supply chains, Lin Jian, the spokesperson of China’s Foreign Ministry, commented on reported U.S. looming list of Chinese advanced chipmaking factories barred from receiving key tools from the U.S. at press last Friday...
Malaysia is emerging as a hotspot for semiconductor factories as U.S.-China tensions prompt companies to diversify operations. "Malaysia has well-established infrastructure with around five decades of experience in the 'back end' of the semiconductor manufacturing process, particularly in assembl...
South Korea’s government saidSamsungandSK Hynixwill beallowedto supply U.S. chip equipment to their China factories indefinitely without separate U.S. approvals, according to Reuters, which also reported that Taiwan was waiting for the U.S. government to decide whether Taiwanese chipmakers will...
The U.S. announced a preliminary agreement for $8.5 billion in grants and up to $11 billion in loans for Intel in Arizona, with some of the funding to be used to build two new factories and modernize an existing one. The outlay was part of the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, a bid to...
So, you know, now thinking about the Trump administration, there have been lots of threats about tariffs on everyone being thrown around. How awkward for this specific policy would it be if the rest of the world ex-China was just super annoyed at the US because the US was tariffing all ...