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Paris, France – May 19, 2025 – Foxconn Technology Group today unveiled a comprehensive €250 million investment plan in Europe, marking a strategic expansion into advanced semiconductor packaging, satellite manufacturing and electric vehicle production on the continent.
Key Highlights:
Joint Venture in Advanced Packaging: Foxconn will form
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SINGAPORE, 20 MAY 2025 – GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) (GF) today announced plans to expand its capabilities in advanced packaging through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore’s lead public sector research and development (R&D) agency.
Advanced packaging has become
May 21, 2025 — Wolfspeed, Inc. (NYSE: WOLF), a global leader in silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) technologies, today announced that it is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection within the coming weeks. This decision follows challenging market conditions, including weakened demand in the industrial and
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Siemens Digital Industries Software announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Excellicon. This will bring Excellicon’s best-in-class software for the development, verification, and management of timing constraints to Siemens’ EDA portfolio of software for IC design. The planned acquisition enables Siemens to deliver an
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Sheffield, UK – 20 May 2025. SureCore, the leading memory specialist, has announced the expansion of its sureFIT design service to include AI applications, using its memory design expertise to help AI chip developers achieve their complex power and performance goals.
Paul Wells, CEO at sureCore, explains:
May-20-2025 — MediaTek, the Taiwanese semiconductor giant, is poised to enter the cutting edge of chip technology with its upcoming 2nm chip, set to tape out in September 2025. The announcement, made by CEO Rick Tsai at Computex 2025, marks a significant milestone for the company and underscores its strategic
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[May-15-2025] – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s leading semiconductor foundry, is dramatically expanding its manufacturing capacity both domestically and internationally in response to growing demand and ongoing tariff pressures. The company plans to construct nine new facilities in 2025 alone, a significant acceleration of its expansion strategy.
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May 13, 2025 —- TrendForce’s latest report on the semiconductor packaging and testing (OSAT) sector reveals that the global OSAT industry in 2024 faced dual challenges from accelerating technological advancements and ongoing industry consolidation. While ASE holdings and Amkor maintained leading positions, OSAT providers from China, such as JCET and HT-Tech,
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Mumbai, India – May 2, 2025 – Adani Enterprises Ltd., led by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, and Israel-based Tower Semiconductor have paused discussions on their proposed $10 billion semiconductor fabrication project in Maharashtra, India. The decision follows an internal strategic review, as reported by Reuters.
Announced in September 2024,
HOD HASHARON, Israel and SEOUL, South Korea – May 1, 2025 – Weebit Nano Limited (ASX:WBT) (Weebit), a leading developer and licensor of advanced memory technologies for the global semiconductor industry, and tier-1 semiconductor foundry DB HiTek will show the first demonstration of DB HiTek’s Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) silicon integrating Weebit’s
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