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U.S. clamps down on South Korea’s chip exports to China

In recent years, the U.S., Japan, and the Netherlands have progressively tightened restrictions on China’s access to semiconductor technology. In contrast, South Korea has responded more cautiously to U.S. demands, owing to its heavy reliance on the Chinese market. This is all in the midst of growing U.S.-China tensions. However, according to a report by

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ASMPT and TATA Electronics announce strategic partnership

Tata Electronics has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ASMPT to collaborate on establishing semiconductor assembly equipment infrastructure and solutions. Through this partnership, ASMPT and Tata Electronics will collaborate for workforce training, advancing service engineering infrastructure, automation, spare supports and boosting R&D initiatives in the area of wire bond, flip chip, advanced packaging and

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Mouser Electronics shipping wide variety of Toshiba products

Mouser Electronics is an authorised global distributor of electronic components and solutions from Toshiba. With over 7,000 Toshiba products available to order, including over 3,000 in stock, Mouser offers a wide portfolio of the newest Toshiba components to help buyers and engineers bring their products to market. The Toshiba TCKE9 Series 23V 4A eFuse ICs,

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Market Dojo launches accessible autonomous sourcing

Market Dojo has announced the release of its latest Autonomous Sourcing features, designed to transform the way procurement professionals deliver value. These intuitive tools streamline sourcing by automating the critical steps including, event creation, lot & supplier selection and document & template management—dramatically boosting efficiency and accuracy while ensuring compliance. In today’s fast-paced procurement landscape,

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Market Analysis

Japan’s return to semiconductor manufacturing: a strategic rebirth

One only needs to look back a few decades to see when the semiconductor landscape had Japan on top, controlling over 50% of the market. However, since then, a combination of geopolitical pressures, particularly from the United States, alongside increasing competition from rival Asian nations like South Korea and Taiwan has led to a steep

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Industry Insights

Where are new advanced fabs being built currently?

Across the globe, a race is on to construct new advanced fabs (semiconductor fabrication plants), so where are these cutting-edge facilities being built exactly? The fab landscape Owing in large part to the current tense nature of the geopolitical landscape, countries across the globe have been pushing increasingly to build more semiconductor fabrication facilities, especially

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Market Analysis

Chip stocks plummet amidst US-China tensions

Chip stocks worldwide have slumped due to fears surrounding the global computer chip industry. The sell-off followed reports that the Biden administration may further tighten restrictions on exports of semiconductor equipment to China. Comments by former US President Donald Trump, suggesting that Taiwan should fund its own defence, added to these concerns. In the US,

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Market Analysis

Global chip sales grow 19.3% in May, says SIA

Global semiconductor industry sales hit $49.1 billion during the month of May 2024 according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). This is an increase of 19.3% compared to the May 2023 total of $41.2 billion and an increase of 4.1% compared to the April 2024 total of $47.2 billion. “The global semiconductor market has grown

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Tariffs & restrictions: the U.S.-China trade war heats up

Many of us have heard over the past year or so of the trade war between the U.S. & China, with both parties looking to become independent of one another, so what’s happening currently? New waves of tariffs and restrictions have warmed things up recently as both parties tighten their grips at a crucial time

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Supply Chain Management

Supply Chains Are Healing, But…

So, yes, there is evidence that supply chains are healing. However, although the worst may be over, most goods transported under contracts cost more. Inflation has wreaked havoc on many segments of the chain. Shipping container cost, for example, from Asia to the US West coast, is up more than 15x, while short-term prices for

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