China's export controls on crucial semiconductor materials are reportedly hitting the supply chain, with concerns rising over potential shortages of advanced chips and military optical hardware. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, China produces 98% of the world's gallium and 60% of its germ...

TSMC is accelerating its global expansion, receiving robust support from governments in Japan and China. In the first half of this year alone, TSMC secured nearly NT$8 billion in subsidies from the two countries, bringing its total government aid from Japan and China to NT$62.5 billion(approximately...

China has turned itself into “the world’s market” for semiconductor, while it eyes to play a crucial role in chip manufacturing by procuring more equipment. The latest reports by Bloomberg and Technews, citing data from China’s General Administration of Customs, indicates that Chinese impor...

Earlier in June, Samsung updated its roadmap in the Angstrom era, stating that its 2nm node optimized with backside power delivery network (BSPDN), referred to as SF2Z, will enter mass production in 2027. Now, according to the latest report by the Korea Economic Daily, compared with the traditional ...

As semiconductor giants, including Intel, TSMC and Samsung, have been competing fiercely in the Angstrom era for advanced nodes, the progress on their adoption of ASML’s High-NA EUV (high-numerical aperture extreme ultraviolet) equipment has been brought back into spotlight lately. However, the se...