While driving advances in HBM, foundry, and advanced packaging, AI generative applications also boosted the demand and sales of semiconductor equipment. Recently, Japanese semiconductor equipment giant DISCO announced that its non-consolidated (individual) shipments for April to June 2024 amounte...

On March 25, the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) disclosed its latest statistics. The data revealed that in February 2024, the sales of Japanese semiconductor equipment (3-month moving average, including exports) reached JPY 317.418 billion, representing a growth of 7.8% comp...

Fueled by the rising demand for generative AI, global semiconductor testing equipment giant Advantest has revised upward its fiscal projections for the year spanning from April 2023 to March 2024. Advantest witnessed a significant surge in sales in the last quarter (October-December 2023), particula...

SEMICON Japan, commenced on the 13th, with key participants including Rapidus, tasked with revitalizing advanced semiconductor manufacturing in Japan, major equipment manufacturers Advantest, Japanese material giants Kyocera, Sekisui Chemical, and the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SE...

Undaunted by deadlocked US-Sino relations, the great pandemic of 2020, and the US Department of Commerce's ban on Huawei's use of software and equipment produced by US manufacturers in the same year, China’s packaging and testing industry has, instead, used these factors as stimulus get back on tr...