They joined about 400 other companies at the Intelligent Industry & Information Technology exhibition, as part of this year’s China International Import Expo (CIIE) event. The six-day trade show will conclude on Sunday. Taking part in the CIIE reflects how these foreign semiconductor technology vendors see the world’s second-largest economy as a vast market for … Read more
China’s semiconductor industry is continuing to make incremental steps in advancing its domestic lithography tools, according to specifications publicised by the central government, but analysts say the country has yet to make the big leaps it would take to catch up to Dutch firm ASML. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), which oversees … Read more
Lam Research Corp. has announced that 20 Indian universities will be enabled with the Semiverse Solutions virtual innovation infrastructure to train and develop future engineers for the semiconductor industry. Lam Research has selected 20 Indian universities to develop future engineers for the semiconductor industry. (HT Photo) The announcement was made at the SEMICON India conference … Read more
Intel director, tech industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan exits board of struggling chip maker Intel director Lip-Bu Tan, a semiconductor industry veteran brought in two years ago to help with the chipmaker’s comeback effort, has stepped down from the board. Tan informed the board on August 19 that he would be leaving, effective immediately, Intel said … Read more
In the first seven months of 2024, chip imports totalled 308.1 billion units, worth about US$212 billion, according to data published on Wednesday by the General Administration of Customs. That marked a 14.5 per cent year-on-year jump in volume and 11.5 per cent increase in dollar value. The surge in IC imports reflects expectations that … Read more
In a regulatory filing on Friday, Zuojiang Technology said that its shares will cease trading in the Shenzhen bourse on July 26. This comes after the company was not able to present a clean audit report for its 2023 financial results, which prompted the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to move for its delisting. The delisting notice … Read more
“Memory chips are experiencing a significant impact from the rise of AI, with the main driver currently being the demand for HBM in data centres, but not yet from smartphones,” Simon Woo, managing director and coordinator of Asia-Pacific Technology Research at BofA Securities, told the South China Morning Post on Friday. That is projected to … Read more
China is the top producer of rare earth elements, a group of 17 metals essential to modern technologies in sectors ranging from defence to clean energy. The country is also ahead on technologies for rare earths, which require intense processing to produce usable material. In December, Beijing banned the export of rare earth extraction and … Read more
China has launched a three-year action plan to nurture and attract digital talent and workers in its tilt towards an innovation-driven economy as it competes with the West on tech. China will launch an array of programmes and campaigns until 2026 to train digital engineers, technicians and workers in areas including big data, artificial intelligence, … Read more
