The company said that its Texas fab would start volume production in the first quarter of 2025 at the earliest.

Such wafers are mostly used to manufacture chips for 5G phones, high-performance computing and medical devices.

“With the global chips shortage and ongoing geopolitical concerns, GlobalWafers is taking this opportunity to address the United States semiconductor supply chain resiliency issue by building an advanced node, state-of-the-art, 300-millimeter silicon wafer factory.  Instead of importing wafers from Asia, GlobalWafers USA (GWA) will produce and supply wafers locally thereby reducing significant carbon footprint benefitting both customers and GWA in the current ESG tide worldwide.”

his new Texas investment could also support as many as 1,500 jobs with production volumes ultimately reaching 1.2 mn wafers per month after multiple stages of equipment installation, in alignment with market demand.

Taiwan-based global semiconductor silicon wafer company, GlobalWafers, announced today that it plans to build a state-of-the-art 300-millimeter silicon wafer factory in Sherman, Texas, which is the first of its kind in the USA over twenty (20) years.

電也比亞洲便宜很多。同時，加上當地人才支援（德州很多優秀的大學）最終在德州設廠拍板

徐秀蘭向記者強調環球晶圓到美國設廠，絶對是理性計算過後的選擇。她解釋，公司這幾年受許多國家邀請，最後選擇美國有完全的自主性。

這次美國禁令確實針對AI或超級電腦，目標是限制中國軍事發展，對於手機等消費性產業鏈影響不大，而力積電只做40奈米以上的成熟制程晶片，沒有受到美國影響，甚至未來美國會更依賴台灣的成熟制程代工。

我們政策一直就是不能歧視，沒有對來自哪裏的客戶特別排斥……不過，我們也是守法的公司，所以如果國際之間有一些特殊約定，那我們當然就必須要遵循。

晶片大戰，絶對不僅是台灣海峽兩岸的角逐，還與日本韓國等半導體大國相關。而美國的角色在這場晶片大戰中，是重中之重。2019年前任美國總統就開始以國家安全為由，對中國電信巨頭華為等進行制裁，拜登上任後，進一步加碼制裁中國半導體產業，全力限制美國晶片技術進入中國公司。

新的「全球本土化」（Glocalization）正在半導體生態圈發生。他說，美國為鉗制中國在5G等運算科技的發展，與主要戰略合作伙伴特別是七大工業國（G7），及三星和台積電半導體大廠協作，融入當地的半導體供應鏈及產業生態系統，這些生態系統和供應鏈會被安全地包圍起來，這就是所謂新的「全球本土化」。

此次談併購德國將這一因素看得如此之重——過去在併購時主要都在回答有關壟斷或綠電一類的問題，但此次併購德國公司，則花費許多氣力在解釋地緣政治風險。

The project, which is planned to be completed in 2026, will be the first industrial scale, integrated epitaxy SiC wafers production line in Europe

contribute to achieving both the digital and green transition.

strengthen Europe's security of supply, resilience and digital sovereignty in semiconductor technologies,

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €292.5 million Italian measure made available through the Recovery and Resilience Facility ('RRF') to support STMicroelectronics in the construction of a plant in the semiconductor value chain in Catania, Sicily.

We will form alliances with like-minded partners on topics that require supra-national cooperation, such as highly complex R&D projects, semiconductor supply chain resilience and telecoms supply chain diversification.

In emerging fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), advanced semiconductor design and quantum computing, the UK is a world leader. And our global network of partners and allies provide the foundation to act as a force for digital good on the world stage.

grow the UK tech sector’s annual gross value added (GVA) by an additional £41.5 billion by 2025, and create a further 678,000 jobs.

It claims it has patents that are being infringed within ICs made by Samsung on 14nm and smaller process nodes and by TSMC on 16nm and smaller process nodes.

the USITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case. 

certain semiconductor devices, mobile devices containing the same, and components thereof that infringe patents asserted by the complainant.  The complainant requests that the USITC issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders. 

filed by Daedalus Prime LLC of Bronxville, NY on September 13, 2022.

Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Entity List Modifications” which implements new export controls

TAIPEI -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has secured a one-year license to continue ordering American chipmaking equipment for its expansion in China after the U.S. rolled out tough export controls to block Beijing's tech ambitions.C.C. Wei, CEO of the world's biggest contract chipmaker, confirmed on Thursday that it had been given a one-year license covering its Nanjing manufacturing facility in China, confirming an earlier report by Nikkei Asia.

The Biden administration had planned to spare foreign companies operating in China such as SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics Co (005930.KS) from the brunt of new restrictions, but the rules published Friday did not exempt such firms.

The U.S. government assured TSMC that it will be able to ship the equipment to a manufacturing facility in the Chinese city of Nanjing,

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (2330.TW) secured a one-year license to continue ordering American chipmaking equipment for its expansion in China, Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday.

new restriction took effect, South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix Inc (000660.KS) said it got authorization from the United States to receive goods for its chip production facilities in China without additional licensing imposed by the new rules

The two South Korean chipmakers obtained a one-year waiver to continue to use semiconductor equipment containing American technology in China -- one of the targets of Washington's curbs.

Elmos is one of Germany's smaller semiconductor companies, which mainly produces chips for the automotive industry. Silex plans to take over the plant for €85 million. Elmos will use the investment to give up its own production and instead process chips bought from contract manufacturers.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz not only ignored warnings from the EU but also from six of his own federal ministries, including the Greens' Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck.

The deal is currently being reviewed by the German economy ministry. A final decision on approval is expected within the next few weeks.

which would see a takeover of the semiconductor production of Dortmund-based Elmos by Sweden's Silex, a wholly owned subsidiary of China's Sai Microelectronics — was set to get the green light against security advice.

The MOF said Taiwan's semiconductor exports totaled US$45.7 billion in the first quarter of this year and grew further to US$47.13 billion in the second quarter before falling to US$46.85 billion in the third quarter due to weakening global demand.

The White House wants to reverse that. "We invented this industry in the United States. I mean, there's a reason it's called Silicon Valley," said Chatterji, who was chief economist at the Commerce Department, and was part of former President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers.

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