Applied Materials, SIT Train Chipmakers

The Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and Applied Materials South East Asia Pte Ltd have come to an agreement, known as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), to collaborate on the development and management of continuing education and training (CET) programmes for employees of Applied Materi...

Samsung revealed foundry tech, required for manufacturing 3-nm chips

Samsung Electronics has announced new technologies and designing tools, which are required for its for 3-nanometer process. The company has unveiled its strategy to strengthen the foundry industry ecosystem.

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• Samsung Electronics announces new...

Micron to build a new plant in Japan, to expand DRAM production

Micron Technology Inc, U.S. memory chip maker is planning to build a new Japanese production site in Hiroshima, which will cost around 800 billion yen.

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• Micron Technology to set up new plant in Hiroshima
• This new facility will be p...

SK HYNIX’S PROJECT TO BUILD NEW SEMICONDUCTOR COMPLEX APPROVED

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• SK Hynix’s project to build new semiconductor complex approved.
• The project is said to be of $106 billion and is a move to ease supply shortages.
• The company has completed all the necessary administrative procedures...

INTEL TO BUILD TWO NEW FACTORIES WORTH $20 BILLION IN ARIZONA

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• The Arizona expansion will cost about $20 billion and will create 3,000 permanent jobs as Intel builds a foundry business to provide chips for other firms said the chipmaker

• Talking about expansion plan announced by Intel Governor of Arizona Doug Ducey...

SK HYNIX IN ADVANCED TALKS TO PROCURE NAND MEMORY CHIP BUSINESS FROM INTEL FOR $9 BILLION

• SK hynix Inc., South Korea's No. 2 chipmaker, said Tuesday that it treasured designs of  buying the NAND business of US semiconductor giant Intel Corp. in a deal worth 10.3 trillion won ($9 billion) to assist the company to leapfrog into being the world's second-largest NAND ...

SK HYNIX Q3 PROFITS SLIP AMIDST FALLING CHIP PRICES; HUAWEI ORDERS PUSH FLAGGING GROWTH

• SK hynix Inc., South Korea's No. 2 chipmaker, is expected to report mediocre third-quarter earnings in the midst of memory price war, analysts here said Sunday.
• SK hynix was projected to post 7.9 trillion won ($6.7 billion) in sales in the July-September period, up 15.5 per...

SAMSUNG TO BE DETHRONED BY TSMC IN QUEST FOR MARKET LEADERSHIP

• US-based Intel remains established as the numero uno in the global semiconductor market in terms of sales and operating profit in the first half of 2020.
• South Korea’s No.1 chipmaker Samsung Electronics seems to be trailing behind its Taiwanese rival TSMC.

BUSINESS OF CHIPMAKER ARM IN CHINA IS AT RISK

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• The power struggle which has emerged at ARM, a Chipmaker has risked its business in China.
• The ARM’s chipmaker CEO has been removed from the post for not disclosing the conflicts of interest that are said to have endangered the...

The cloud arm of Amazon to boost drone production

Companies rent computers from Amazon in cloud computing instead of running their own data centers. According to IBES data from Refinitiv, analysts expect the cloud business of Amazon to generate sales of 34,9 billion dollars in 2019. Cloud computing for data center chipmakers has become big busin...