One year after passing the CHIPs Act, and there are still questions about whether its influence will be positive or negative.
China Semiconductor Firms Aggressively Filing Patents as They Expand Operations
To stay ahead, companies must maintain innovation as well as develop and leverage their patent portfolios.
Support for Trusted Chip Manufacturing Needed to Counter CCP
Legislation being considered in Washington “gives our citizens the tools and means to out-innovate, out-compete, and outgrow the Chinese Communist Party.” — Sen. Todd Young, (R-Ind.),
While Industry Booms, China Worries Mount
While China’s share of all semiconductor production has shot up, the Americas region has declined, raising alarm bells in Washington. “We see a continuation of this trend, with the Americas dropping by one more percent point next year and China building out its lead.” – SEMI senior principal analyst Christian Dieseldorff.
5 Key Vulnerabilities in the Semiconductor Supply Chain
There’s an ongoing push to strengthen the semiconductor supply chain, but making gains in that area is not as straightforward as some people initially believed. Here are five of the top vulnerabilities for the semiconductor sector to solve.
Semiconductor Manufacturing in the U.S.
In the middle of an ongoing pandemic and global trade war, the U.S. is looking to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing capabilities.
China Forecast to Represent 22% of the Foundry Market in 2020
Despite the Covid-19 shutdown of China’s economy earlier this year, China’s share of the pure-play foundry market is forecast to be 22% in 2020, 17 percentage points greater than it registered in 2010
Unlocking the Secrets of the YMTC 64-Layer 3D Xtacking® NAND Flash
A look inside YMTC’s second-generation 3D-NAND technology, which uses “Xtacking” to bond the peripheral circuitry face-to-face with the memory array instead of alongside.
U.S. Targets Huawei’s Chip Supply
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced plans to restrict Huawei’s ability to use U.S. technology and software to design and manufacture its semiconductors abroad.
XMC becomes YRST or Changjiang Storage
As reported by Digitimes, a major enterprise in Wuhan, China has broken ground on the first of three mega-fabs to produce 3D-NAND chips. The final fab name-plate may ultimately read XMC or YMTC or YRST or possibly Changjiang Storage (not…
