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[News] Semiconductor Equipment Sales in Japan Reach Nearly JPY 3.3 Trillion in 2023

On January 26th, the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) released statistical data revealing that in December 2023, sales of semiconductor equipment in Japan amounted to JPY 305.799 billion (approximately USD 2.07 billion), marking a 2.4% increase from November 2023. …

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[News] NVIDIA Expands Advanced Packaging Supply Chain with Intel’s Inclusion, Diverting Orders from TSMC

NVIDIA’s AI chip supply faces constraints, with insufficient CoWoS advanced packaging production capacity at TSMC potentially being the main issue. According to Economic Daily News, NVIDIA is also providing advanced packaging services to Intel, with a monthly capacity of about …

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[News] Flash Memory May Enter the Era of 280 Layers, and There’s More to Come

Another breakthrough has emerged in flash memory layer technology! A recent report cited by tom’s Hardware has suggested that at the upcoming International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in February of this year, Samsung Electronics will unveil the next-generation V9 QLC …

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[News] Intel, SK Hynix, and NTT Japan Collaborate to Develop Next-Generation Silicon Photonics Technology

Japanese telecommunications operator NTT is reportedly collaborating with American chipmaker Intel and other semiconductor manufacturers to research large-scale production of next-generation semiconductor technology, which involves significantly reducing power consumption using optical technology. According to a report from Nikkei, SK Hynix …

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[News] Multiple Fabs in Japan to Commence Production Post-2024 Boosting Industry

With the highly anticipated opening of TSMC’s Kumamoto fab on February 24th, 2024, multiple Japanese or global semiconductor manufacturers are set to begin large-scale production in newly established plants in Japan. According to sources cited by TechNews, this development will stimulate …

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