According to a report by Nikkei, Japanese chip manufacturer Rapidus plans to establish a fully automated production line using robots and AI in northern Japan to produce 2nm chips for advanced AI applications, with mass production anticipated as early as 2027. Reportedly, Rapidus claims that aut...

According to sources cited in a report from Commercial Times, in response to the global increase in chip orders and rapid AI development, TSMC is actively seeking available land to keep its most advanced process technologies in Taiwan. Currently, TSMC has already planned three 2nm fabs at the N...

In spite of its skyrocketing profit in Q2 thanks to the strong AI demand for memory chips, Samsung Electronics might be still struggling with losses in its foundry business, according to reports by ijiwei and Technews. Citing Korean media, the reports indicate that Samsung’s foundry business is...

According to a report from Korea media outlet Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's memory export to Taiwan has surged by 225% in the first half of the year. The primary driver of this increase is reportedly due to South Korean chipmaker SK hynix's supply of HBM to U.S. AI chip giant NVIDIA, which pa...

On August 8th, Japan experienced a magnitude 7.1 earthquake with the epicenter located off the coast of Kyushu, in the sea east of Miyazaki Prefecture, at a focal depth of 30 kilometers. TSMC's Kumamoto plant (JASM), located in Kumamoto Prefecture, experienced a seismic intensity scale of level 4....