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...“In the extreme situation where we can no longer operate the Wuxi plant, we can sell off the fab or the equipment or bring the equipment to Korea,” he said....
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...Michael Syn, head of equities at SGX, said no decision had been made on expanding the FTSE index or corresponding futures contract, but that “the direction of travel over time is more representation, more...
...The “mega-site” in the Midwestern state will be able to accommodate up to eight fabs across nearly 1,000 acres, although the chipmaker is counting on government subsidies. 5....
...Last month Chey Tae-won, SK Group chair, said the group had no plan to build a wafer fab in the US, and was only studying preconditions....
...“We are pushing the limits of what a ‘fabless’ company is,” he says, using the industry term for a company that designs chips but outsources their fabrication, or fab....
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...UK’s chip options are wafer-thinThe UK government’s sudden concern about the foreign takeover of Newport Wafer Fab in Wales seems driven by the realisation that Britain is being left behind in the race to...
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