Following TSMC's announcement of investing USD 20 billion to build two plants in Kumamoto, Japan, industry sources cited by a report from Commercial Times has indicated that the major global semiconductor assembly and testing provider, ASE Group, is in discussions with the Japanese government to fin...

Henri Richard, head of Rapidus Design Solutions, the US subsidiary of Japan's semiconductor foundry startup Rapidus, and former Chief Marketing Officer at processor giant AMD, indicates that Rapidus aims to position itself as a filler of market gaps during the interview with global media The Regis...

Japanese digital infrastructure service provider Sakura Internet, backed by government subsidies, is enhancing its cloud services for generative AI. According to a report from MoneyDJ, Sakura Internet's procurement of GPUs is set to increase fivefold from the initial plan, with purchases including N...

The leading Dutch semiconductor equipment company ASML has reportedly predicted continued strong demand from Chinese customers, with approximately 20% of the company's backlog attributed to them. According to reports from Reuters and CNBC, ASML CEO Peter Wennink stated during the first-quarter (J...

According to a report by Nikkei News, Japan's official support for the semiconductor industry expenditure, relative to its gross domestic product (GDP), is significantly higher than that of the United States and other major Western countries. Figures submitted by a subcommittee under Japan's ...