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...

With the widespread adoption of AI, the demand for GPUs and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) is soaring. The Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) has revised its forecast for sales of Japanese-made semiconductor equipment, predicting that for the first time in history, sales will exceed J...

Japan's leading NAND flash manufacturer, Kioxia, has reportedly increased its production line utilization rate to 100% as of June and is set to commence mass production of its most advanced NAND flash products in July. According to a report from Nikkei on July 3rd, Kioxia will start mass-produci...

According to a report from the Commercial Times, Tokyo Electron (TEL), a leading global semiconductor equipment manufacturer, is the only company in the world that possesses equipment for four consecutive processes: deposition, coating/developing, etching, and cleaning, which are crucial steps befo...

According to a report from Japanese news outlet Kyodo News, TSMC's Fab in Kikuyo, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan (Kumamoto Fab 1) is expected to start mass production in Q4 this year. The planned second Fab (Kumamoto Fab 2) will also be located in Kikuyo. Reportedly, TSMC's Kumamoto Fab 2 has already b...