According to a report from Bloomberg, Applied Materials Inc. pointed out that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has requested information regarding its federal grant applications, further intensifying the government's investigation into the company's operations. Per a regulatory filing last we...

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...

Semiconductor giants like Intel, TSMC, Samsung and Micron have received huge amount of grants from the U.S. government, funded through the CHIPS and Science Act. However, chip making equipment maker Applied Materials is said to be in a different scenario. According to reports by Bloomberg and Tom’...

Though the U.S. keeps tightening the export controls on the semiconductor sector, major chip equipment makers seem to become increasingly dependent on the Chinese market. According to a report by Nikkei, citing financial data such as Applied Materials and Lam Research, China’s share of sales have ...

Global semiconductor giants are concentrating their R&D efforts on advanced packaging technologies to drive performance enhancements. According to a report from Commercial Times, as packaging technology progresses from 2.5D to 3D, chip stacking technologies have become a showcase for the competi...