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SAS is a veteran in the semiconductor sector, as it was the eighth company to enter and be established in the Hsinchu Science Park. In 2011, its semiconductor department broke off to form GlobalWafers. In an interview for the "Silicon Island Chronicles" documentary organized as part of DIGITIMESs 25th anniversary, SAS chairperson Doris Hsu talks about how the trends have shifted for international semiconductor mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Now, global localization has become a tr...

As the Indian government is trying to woo global semiconductor manufacturers to set up their facilities in India, global OSAT providers are reportedly worried about a consistent policy from the Indian government before investing in the South Asian country.

Eternal Materials, the leader in PCB upstream material dry film photoresist, pointed out that its three major business groups have seen their shipments recover. This is likely due to increased capacity utilization, increased gross profit margins, and the recovery of the China market. It is expected that the operation in 2023 can see quarterly growth to the third quarter.

As Apple suppliers expand investments in India, Wistron is reportedly winding down its operations there. Micron is also reportedly applying for Indias semiconductor fab incentive scheme.

South Korean suppliers have developed a EUV pellicle with 90% transmittance. All aspects of the product have reached a level where mass production can begin at any moment. Its just one step away from entering commercial use, only awaiting the go-ahead from Samsung Electronics.

Though Samsung Electronics decided to artificially reduce production amid memory market downturn, it has also decided to increase wafer production for R&D. It is believed that Samsung still decided to increase investment in order to strengthen its technological leadership, despite that its performance in the first quarter of 2023 is on the verge of loss

As DIGITIMES marks its 25th anniversary, we are humbled by what the pioneers have achieved in the development of the electronics industry over the last half a century. Ive often described Amazon as an AI big data firm thats packaged as a retailer. And now it is trying to migrate from the computing cloud to the AI cloud. DIGITIMES is a dedicated IT industry information provider that happens to be packaged as a media outlet. These packages change with the times and tech developments.

Linkcom Manufacturing, a Taiwan-based supplier of magnetic components and power supply modules, is evaluating the feasibility of establishing a new plant in Vietnam.

Although TSMCs 3nm process has already achieved mass production, its capacity utilization rate is not yet filled. Chen Liang-chia, a distinguished professor of the mechanical engineering department at National Taiwan University (NTU), stated that more advanced processes have extremely high production costs, and yield rates are also an issue. To address these issues, Chen mentioned a better through-silicon via (TSV) technology developed by his team that could be one of the solutions.

Micron Technology has recently notified its distributors that starting in May, it will not consider any requests for DRAM and NAND flash quotes lower than the current levels, according to market sources.