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[News] Taiwan’s Second Largest Foundry UMC Reportedly Denies Plans to Build a Fab in the U.S.

As TSMC’s Arizona fab aims to start mass production in early 2025, whether United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), another foundry giant in Taiwan, will follow suit attracts widespread attention. However, according to the latest report from the Central News Agency, the company …

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[News] TSMC’s Kumamoto Plant to Secure Initial Orders from Sony and Denso as Mass Production Nears

TSMC’s first fab in Kumamoto, Japan, is set to commence mass production by the end of 2024. According to a report from Commercial Times, citing Nikkei, the initial orders are expected to be supplied to Sony Group and Denso Corporation. …

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[News] Advanced Packaging: The Intensifying Strategic Game

With the rapid advancement of technologies such as artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, 5G, and autonomous driving, the semiconductor industry is undergoing unprecedented transformations. In this wave of technological innovation, packaging technology, often seen as the “unsung hero” of the semiconductor …

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[News] Samsung Reportedly Considering Partnership with TSMC to Jointly Produce Exynos 2500

According to a report from Wccftech, Samsung Electronics may consider partnering with external foundries to produce its Exynos 2500 processor for the first time. The Wccftech report, citing Korean media outlet The Bell, notes that while TSMC is not explicitly …

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[News] CATL Proposes Joint Venture for New Battery Plant in Europe

On December 11, CATL announced that CATL and its subsidiaries and Stellantis subsidiaries and other quadrilateral subjects signed a joint venture agreement on December 10, the two sides each hold 50% of the shares, and the joint venture as the …

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