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SK Hynix has completed the development of 1bnm, the fifth generation of its 10nm process technology, and the company and Intel have launched a joint evaluation and validation of 1bnm for DDR5 products destined for Intel Xeon Scalable platforms.

Since the Indian government closed the application window for the semiconductor and display manufacturing incentive scheme in February 2022, none of the applicants have been approved by the government. India now begins a new round of applications, with Vedanta-Foxconns application in the first round reportedly rejected.

At the 2023 EU-Taiwan Space Opportunity Symposium on May 29, leading players in Taiwans satellite industry gathered to explore cooperation opportunities with the European Union (EU). The event was co-organized by the European Economic and Trade Office, the EUs representative office in Taiwan, and the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA).

Taiwans homegrown semiconductor talent show high cost-performance ratios, but the talent supply shortage is worsening as domestic universities are hitting snags in expanding student enrollment due partly to the lack of ptofessors and partly to the decrease of doctoral students, according to academic sources.

The 14 participating countries of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) reached an agreement on goods and technologies in Detroit on May 28 to strengthen supply chain resilience for critical products such as medicines and semiconductors.

Japanese precision component manufacturer Orbray announced that it has signed a contract with automotive semiconductor R&D corporation Mirise Technologies to conduct R&D on diamond power semiconductors. In addition, Orbay also stated that it is investing JPY10 billion (US$72 million) to build a diamond substrate factory for automotive semiconductors.

Niche-market memory IC design house Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) has seen an influx of short lead-time orders, ramping up wafer starts at its foundry partners in May.

Following the reduction of memory chip production, Samsung Electronics is planning to reduce its wafer production in the third quarter of 2023 due to the poor demand for its foundry services, according to a Korean media report.

National Taiwan University (NTU) recently sent out invitations to electrical and electronics industry experts to a "Patent Sale and Foresight Technology Seminar." The event will be hosted in the afternoon of June 19 at the Barry Lam Hall of NTU. In addition to inviting three experts to present their R&D achievements, more than 60 patents on electrical and electronic technologies will be offered for sale.

Order visibility for microcontroller unit (MCU) supplier Generalplus Technology remains low despite sustained demand from the industrial control market segment.