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[News] Samsung Reportedly Delays Production Schedule for New Semiconductor Plant in Texas

South Korean media Businesskorea reports that Samsung Electronics Co. has postponed the production schedule for its new semiconductor plant in Taylor, Texas to 2025. Citing a report from Seoul Economic Daily, Siyoung Choi, the President of Samsung’s semiconductor foundry business, mentioned …

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[Insights] Analysis of the Global Photoresist Market in 2023

The sales revenue of the 2023 semiconductor photoresist market is expected to decline by 6-9% year-on-year. With continuous improvement in downstream customer inventory and gradual recovery of production capacity, the semiconductor industry is expected to experience a revival in 2024, …

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[News] Canon’s Nano-imprint Lithography Reduces Production Costs for Advanced Processes, Narrowing the Gap with ASML

Canon, one of the world’s major manufacturers of lithography equipment, announced the release of the FPA-1200NZ2C Nano-imprint Lithography (NIL) semiconductor equipment in October. The CEO, Fujio Mitarai, recently stated that the new nano-imprint lithography technology opens up a new path for …

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[News] Samsung Semiconductor to Take Over Samsung Micro LED Business

Lately, according to South Korean media’s reports, Samsung Electronics has decided that the Samsung Display division will be responsible for all OLED microdisplay projects, while Samsung Semiconductor Inc.(SSI), the Samsung Compound Semiconductor Solutions team, will be in charge of the development …

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[News] Improvement in Memory Inventory Leads to First Price Increase in Two and a Half Years

After more than two years of stagnation in the memory market, which was exacerbated by production cuts from major players like Samsung and Micron earlier this year, the issue of overstock has finally seen improvement. As per Nikkei’s report, this …

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