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2024-07-23

[News] Chip Supply in Shortage, SEMI Calls for Standardization in Back-end Processes

As TSMC and other major chip manufacturers compete for AI business opportunities, chip production capacity is unable to keep up with demand. Industry sources cited in a report from NIKKEI claimed that the slow expansion of high-end chip production capacity is due to different packaging and testing...

2024-07-19

[News] TSMC Maintains Overseas Expansion Strategy, Unfazed by Geopolitical Disruptions

According to a report from Economic Daily News, amid U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's remarks claiming that Taiwan is taking away chip business and should pay the U.S. for defense, geopolitical risks have become another focal point at TSMC's July 18 earnings call. TSMC stated that wheth...

2024-07-17

[News] Sharp’s Sakai LCD Panel Plant to Cease Production in Late August

Masahiro Okitsu, President of Sharp, a subsidiary of Foxconn, announced in a joint interview with Japanese media that the Sakai Display Product (SDP) plant, which produces large-size LCD panels for TVs, will cease production earlier than planned. Initially scheduled for the end of September, the sh...

2024-07-12

[News] Japan’s Supply Chain Heavily Reliant on China, Especially for Laptops and Air Conditioners

The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry's 2024 White Paper on International Economy and Trade reveals that in its examination of imported goods sources, over half of the import value for 1,406 product categories (accounting for over 30% of the total) comes from China. This figure is 1....

2024-07-11

[News] US and Japan Semiconductor Firms Form Next-Generation Semiconductor Packaging Alliance

According to an official release of Japanese semiconductor supplier Resonac, the "US-JOINT" alliance, comprising major semiconductor manufacturing companies from Japan and the United States, has been established to focus on next-generation semiconductor packaging. From Japan, six companies are parti...

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