According to SEMI, the global shipments of silicon wafers increased 5.9% quarter-over-quarter to 3,214 million square inches (MSI) in the third quarter, and registered 6.8% growth from the 3,010 million square inches recorded during the same quarter last year, which could be attributed to the strong...

To counter the U.S.’s ongoing semiconductor restrictions launched the U.S., China has outspent the U.S., South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan combined on chip manufacturing equipment in the first half of this year. However, sources cited by a report from Commercial Times have warned that China’s ex...

Amid the escalating tech war between China and the US, along with rising geopolitical tensions, China has accelerated its import of chip manufacturing equipment since the middle of last year to counter potential US chip sanctions, with Dutch company ASML and Japanese company Tokyo Electron (TEL) be...

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...

This year, global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales are expected to grow and set a new historical record. It is estimated that next year will see even more robust growth, with an anticipated increase of 17%. According to the forecast report from the International Semiconductor Industry ...