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Frequent leaks of Koreas trade secrets to companies overseas have prompted domestic businesses to seek tougher punishments for industrial espionage, according to industry officials, Thursday.

Ethernity Networks Ltd - Israel-based supplier of data processing semiconductor technology for networking appliances - Says it has secured the supply of components required to fulfil deliveries under... | June 8, 2023

MACOM Technology Solutions Inc. , a leading supplier of semiconductor products, today announced that Dr. Terry Nisbet will join MACOM’s newly established Technical Advisory Committee .... | June 8, 2023

Semiconductor supplier STMicroelectronics and Sanan Optoelectronics plan to set up a silicon carbide manufacturing joint venture in Chongqing, China, they said on Wednesday. The... | June 7, 2023

IQE PLC - Wales-based compound semiconductor wafer product supplier - Says Chief Financial Officer Tim Pullen has stepped down with effect from Tuesday. Pullen joined IQE as CFO in February 2019,... | June 7, 2023

Yongin City in Gyeonggi province of South Korea is poised to become the worlds largest semiconductor hub, as it will accommodate an enormous national semiconductor park to be established by the government and Samsung Electronics by 2042. Furthermore, another mega memory production base planned in Yongin by SK Hynix is set to become operational by 2027.

Worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled US$40 billion in April 2023, up a slight 0.3% sequentially, according to the latest Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) statistics. Sales were down 21.6% compared to the same period in 2022, however.

Japan has officially announced that it will tighten controls on exports of 23 types of semiconductor equipment to China starting July 23. How the new trade curbs will impact Chinese semiconductor industry is drawing increasing concerns from market and industry observers.

Nidec and Renesas Electronics have agreed to collaborate on the development of semiconductor solutions for a next-generation e-axle (X-in-1 system) that combines an electric vehicle (EV) drive motor and power electronics, according to the companies.

With the US-China tech war raging on and companies like Micron caught in the crossfire, how should the government address semiconductor R&D and talent planning in response to new situational changes? Some US academics recently suggested that besides semiconductors, the US and Taiwan can also cooperate in fields like quantum and net-zero technologies.