TSMC to make advanced AI semiconductors in Japan in boost for its chipmaking ambitionsThe advanced chips set to be made in Kumamoto will be used in AI, robotics and autonomous driving, sectors that Takaishi's cabinet has desi...
05 Feb, 2026, 04.51 PM IST
Micron to invest $9.6 billion in Japan to build AI memory chip plant, Nikkei reportsUS chipmaker Micron Technology will invest 1.5 trillion yen ($9.6 billion) to build a next-generation memory manufacturing facility in west...
29 Nov, 2025, 02.16 PM IST
S Korea plans chips law to thwart Trump threatSouth Korea's ruling party has proposed a bill to support the country's semiconductor industry. The bill includes subsidies for chipmakers ...
11 Nov, 2024, 10.56 PM IST
India semiconductor ambition grows with L&T joining chip effortLarsen & Toubro Ltd. is investing over $300 million to establish a fabless chip company in India, aiming to design 15 products by year-end ...
11 Sep, 2024, 10.11 AM IST
India's semiconductor ambition grows with L&T's $300 mn betLarsen & Toubro Ltd. plans to invest over $300 million in a fabless chip company, aiming to design 15 products by year-end and start sales ...
11 Sep, 2024, 09.36 AM IST
California Democrats fear US tech firm 'death spiral' with more China curbsWashington has imposed a raft of restrictions on exports of chips and chipmaking equipment to China in recent years, fearing Beijing could ...
15 Aug, 2024, 08.35 AM IST
Japan approves $3.9 billion in subsidies for chipmaker RapidusJapan previously agreed to provide subsidies worth some 330 billion yen to Rapidus. The newly approved aid includes 53.5 billion yen for ad...
02 Apr, 2024, 07.26 AM IST
TSMC considering advanced chip packaging capacity in JapanTSMC explores advanced packaging in Japan with CoWoS tech, aiming to boost processing power. Plans include doubling CoWoS output this year....
18 Mar, 2024, 08.43 AM IST
Japan pledges a further $4.9 billion to help TSMC expand Japan productionJapan offers subsidies to TSMC for a second chip fabrication plant. TSMC's first factory in Kumamoto opens. It plans to produce advanced ch...
25 Feb, 2024, 10.47 AM IST
Japan takes Taiwan's helping hand on long road to chip revivalThat Japan turned to TSMC for help on an industry it once dominated reflects the Taiwan chipmaker's dominant position in the foundry busine...
23 Feb, 2024, 09.20 AM IST
Taiwan chip firms flock to Japan as China decoupling acceleratesThe influx comes amid shifting alliances and priorities in the global chip industry as the United States pushes to limit China's progress i...
22 Feb, 2024, 08.53 AM IST
Samsung to set up chip packaging research facility in JapanJapan's industry ministry said it would provide Samsung subsidies worth up to 20 billion yen as it looks to support the revitalisation of d...
21 Dec, 2023, 11.22 AM IST
Japan to spend $13 billion for chip industry support in extra budgetThe country is a leading provider of chipmaking tools and materials that lost its edge in manufacturing in recent decades and is now provid...
10 Nov, 2023, 05.29 PM IST
Taiwan's TSMC prizes Japan's chips skills amid Arizona factory problemsTSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, is frustrated in Arizona, the sources said, where it has struggled to recruit workers for the...
13 Sep, 2023, 09.26 AM IST
Japan ramps up efforts to strengthen its chip industryHere is a look at investments in Japan announced by chipmakers and measures the government is taking to revive its semiconductor industry.
26 Jun, 2023, 09.37 AM IST
Global chip race touches off spending spree, led by Intel’s $50-billion campaign targeting semiconductorsIntel’s largest layout in Europe will be its $32.8 billion plant in Germany.
21 Jun, 2023, 09.39 AM IST
TSMC plans for first German chip fab with cost up to €10 billionIn 2021, TSMC Chairman Mark Liu told shareholders that the company had begun assessments on establishing manufacturing operations in German...
04 May, 2023, 09.40 AM IST