Semiconductors

The Minnesota Semiconductor Manufacturing Consortium has been launched to teach new skills to those looking to explore careers in semiconductor manufacturing.

The CHIPS for America team at the US Department of Commerce have selected five leaders to serve on the selection committee that will choose board members to form a non-profit entity that the department anticipates...

Intel will invest up to $4.6bn in a new semiconductor assembly and test facility in Poland to meet critical demand for assembly and test capacity that is expected by 2027.

Taiwan-based semiconductor manufacturer HTC has opened a new North American headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, to support the growing electronics market.

Semiconductor manufacturers GlobalFoundries and STMicroelectronics have concluded an agreement to jointly build, own, and operate a new €7.5bn high-volume semiconductor manufacturing facility in Crolles, France.

Air Liquide has invested nearly $70m in two industrial gas plants in North Texas to supply ultra-high purity nitrogen and oxygen to the growing electronics industry.

US manufacturing firm Applied Materials has unveiled plans to build what it says will be the world’s largest and most advanced facility for collaborative semiconductor process technology and manufacturing equipment research and development (R&D).

Imec, a Belgium-based research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, has welcomed semiconductor specialists GlobalFoundries, Samsung Electronics, and TSMC to its Sustainable Technologies & Systems (SSTS) research programme.

German engineering and technology company Bosch has unveiled plans to acquire US chipmaker TSI Semiconductors to boost silicon carbide (SiC) production in California.

US semiconductor investments are on the rise, with over $210bn of new private investments having been announced across 19 states since spring 2020.