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| 16% share of the world’s chip capacity is in China |
2/15/2022 |
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China’s share of capacity has increased one percentage point in each of the last two years and a total of seven points since 2011, when the country accounted for just 9% of all IC wafer capacity.
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| China’s SMIC added $5 billion to its fab investment |
2/14/2022 |
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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) has earmarked US$5 billion for capital expenditure this year, up from US$4.5 billion in 2021. The investment could boost its monthly capacity by 130,000 to 150,000 8-inch equivalent wafers.
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| Intel think blockchain is the foundation of a distributed ledger system |
2/14/2022 |
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Intel’s senior vice president and general manager of the Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics Group, Raja Koduri, announced that Intel has created a new accelerator group called the “Custom Compute Group” and will be shipping a custom blockchain accelerator designed by this group later this year.
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| Samsung spent $36 billion on fab upgrade in 2021 |
2/10/2022 |
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According to the South Korean chip giant Wednesday, the company poured 43.6 trillion won ($36.4 billion) for upgrades to and the expansion of its chip plants in Korea and China where advanced DRAM chips and vertical NAND flash memory chips are produced.
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| Arm has a new CEO |
2/9/2022 |
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Arm’s board of directors has appointed 35-year semiconductor industry leader Rene Haas as chief executive officer and member of the board of directors, effective immediately. He succeeds Simon Segars, who has stepped down as CEO and member of the board of directors after 30 years with the company.
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| Intel innvested another billion on foundry business development |
2/9/2022 |
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“Foundry customers are rapidly embracing a modular design approach to differentiate their products and accelerate time to market. Intel Foundry Services is well-positioned to lead this major industry inflection. With our new investment fund and open chiplet platform, we can help drive the ecosystem to develop disruptive technologies across the full spectrum of chip architectures,” said Pat Gelsinger, Intel CEO.
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| SEMICON Korea 2022 Hybrid to open |
2/8/2022 |
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The hybrid event will feature 2,000 booths; business matching to help domestic organizations expand their international reach.
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| House passes Semiconductor Bill |
2/7/2022 |
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The bill passed by a vote of 222-210. It marks an important step for a top Biden administration priority, but the legislation is likely to be extensively revised as negotiators reconcile differences with what the Senate passed about eight months ago.
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