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...SK Hynix’s Dram memory chip plant in Wuxi in eastern China is widely regarded as the Korean-owned facility most vulnerable to the effects of US restrictions....
...Samsung produces about 40 per cent of its Nand flash memory chips from its Xian plant, while SK Hynix’s plant in Wuxi in eastern China accounts for nearly half of its global D-Ram output....
...Samsung is building a $17bn foundry in Taylor, Texas, while SK Hynix is planning to build an advanced chip packaging plant in the US. “We’re perplexed by these unexpected conditions....
...President Emmanuel Macron will visit the STMicroelectronics site where the factory will be built in south-eastern France near Grenoble on Tuesday....
...Both major chipmakers are trying to catch up with Taiwan’s TSMC in expanding their foundry businesses....
...It is probably fitting that the issue plays out in an election context: we are watching a historic clash between national pride and national instinct....
...It seems fitting (I’m a medium size) to try on one from social enterprise notjust, which is selling a Cryptocurrency festive jumper, featuring bitcoin and ether....
...Apple is forging a closer partnership with Taiwanese foundry TSMC, according to this Nikkei story that was reported in this week’s #techAsia newsletter....
...Because of its height and far-eastern location, the flagpole — “pole” doesn’t do it justice — will be the first thing sunlight touches in the United States each morning....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on July 9 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Decoupling denied: Japan Inc is still laying its bets on China in spite of the US-China rift....
...This remaking of Japan Inc rests on a critical structural shift: the changing role of banks....
...“We’re excited to now provide live transit information in the Uber app,” said Jamie Heywood, Uber’s regional general manager for northern and eastern Europe....
...The IC Fund later invested Rmb600m ($90m) towards NavTech’s new MEMS foundry....
...It separated its foundry arm from its semiconductor division in May 2017 to show its independence, but “if a client believes that their foundry partner is in competition with them, it is highly unlikely...
...The ill-fitting deal was viewed by many analysts as a disaster, and Japan Post was forced to make a $3.6bn writedown on Toll just two years after the purchase....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on March 20 2019. ©2019 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...IQE also pointed to “foundry-pre production costs of £0.9m”. The question here is why aren't these capitalised, if they relate to future production?...
...“Even for a mid-tier smartphone right now, the main chip cannot be produced by the best foundry that China has,” said Mark Li, an analyst at Bernstein, referring to the contract chipmakers at the heart of...
...The semiconductor industry went down a similar path with the establishment of dedicated chip foundries....
...While there is some competition between Taiwanese and US chip design companies, Mr Abrams said, Taiwan’s major chip foundries and chip test and packaging companies, have little direct competition with suppliers...
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...Mr Magomedov spent several years on research before investing in tech favourites, including diamond maker Diamond Foundry, travel booker Peek, and Uber in 2014....
...A big fan of social media, he pondered a takeover offer for Twitter before pulling out this month — it was fitting that Mr Benioff’s initial intervention came in the form of a tweet: “Today we are cancelling...
...But Sharp also brings an ill-fitting assortment of consumer goods and the potential for a fractious relationship with the Japanese government....
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