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Samsung Electronics has stepped up its deployment in the fan-out (FO) wafer-level packaging segment with plans to set up related production lines in Japan, according to industry sources.

Vedanta, one of the applicants for Indias semiconductor and display fab incentive scheme, is reportedly struggling to secure a technology partner and has divergent views with the government over project cost that may impact the subsidy amount.

Water and electricity shortages are more difficult to manage than rising manufacturing costs, according to sources in Taiwans IC manufacturing sector.

Wise-integration, a French company specialized in digital control of gallium nitride (GaN) power supplies and GaN ICs, and Powernet, a Korean power supply manufacturer, announced on April 6 an agreement to build compact and energy-efficient technology for power-supply applications that are currently limited to analog control.

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has announced global semiconductor industry sales totaled US$39.7 billion during the month of February 2023, a decrease of 4% compared to the January 2023 total of US$41.3 billion and 20.7% less than the February 2022 total of US$50 billion.

As IC design houses worldwide increasingly eye RISC-V as a viable alternative to ARM and x86, India hopes to capitalize on the opportunity as the country builds a self-reliant semiconductor ecosystem.

The Indian semiconductor industry is developing well, fueled by government initiatives, current geopolitical concerns, and rising private sector interests. These developments have helped retain talent within the country, allowing professionals to work on significant projects without having to go abroad. The central and state governments have launched numerous initiatives to bring talent into the fabless semiconductor space.

Vanchip Technology, a fabless chipmaker with target markets including smartphones, tablets, and wearables, is allegedly paying US$4 million for a contract violation involving the termination of its production capacity guarantee agreement with pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC).

Netherlands-based NXP is looking to support a rapidly developing electronics manufacturing ecosystem in India by encouraging semiconductor manufacturers to invest in the nation.

On March 27, US President Joe Biden signed a presidential determination (PD) authorizing the use of Defense Production Act (DPA) to support the PCB and Advanced Packaging industry in the United States