IC inspection lab Materials Analysis Technology (MA-tek) has disclosed plans to establish a third Japanese location in Hokkaido, in addition to its current facilities in Nagoya and Kumamoto. At a ...

In recent years, the Japanese government has concentrated its semiconductor subsidy investments primarily on chip manufacturing. This includes financial support for TSMC to set up factories in Japan, ...

Back in 2012, China ranked fifth among seven regions worldwide in IC wafer capacity but surged past the Americas and Japan in 2018 and 2019 to claim the number three position (figure 1). That’s a big ...