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    Rudolph Stepper for Back-End Packaging and Testing

    Does this tool use standard photomask?
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    Japan’s Toppan to build its first Singapore microchip materials plant, creating 350 new jobs

    https://www.straitstimes.com/business/japan-s-toppan-to-build-its-first-s-pore-microchip-materials-plant-creating-350-new-jobs Japanese manufacturer Toppan Holdings broke ground for a semiconductor packaging materials plant in Singapore on March 14 that will begin operations at the end of 2026...
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    Microchip to cut pay, production at fabs

    The cuts will affect the company's three largest factories, including in Tempe CHANDLER, AZ — Microchip Technology Inc. is implementing pay cuts for its workers along with a two-week shutdown at its three largest semiconductor factories in the U.S. — including in Tempe — in March and June as it...
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    Price War Looming?

    https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/chip-price-war-unfolds-as-chinese-foundries-cut-tape-out-prices-taiwan-and-south-korean-foundries-pace-new-price-pressures-report This guy very busy , churn out articles every few hours
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    FAB Automation...

    https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/samsung-plans-to-eliminate-humans-from-its-chip-fabs-by-2030-push-for-full-automation-continues-at-full-steam Having seen some video of Intel FAB in Israel , there is barely anyone involved on the "shop floor" to speak already
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    Compliments of the Season and a Happy New Year to all!!

    This is a very interesting place and have enjoyed the interactions this year. Happy New Year all and may your cup runneth over in these tax payer funded days of "Semiconductor Independence"
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    India Investing - Semiconductor "FOMO"

    The Semiconductor 'FOMO'The current push to develop India into a semiconductor manufacturing hub through PLI and DLI schemes under the umbrella of India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) is a step in the right direction. However, the transition period for India to develop an end-to-end footprint in...
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    India - Struggle to spend Govt money on Semicon.

    https://www.thehindu.com/business/80-funds-allocated-for-semiconductor-manufacturing-scheme-remain-unused/article67509688.ece Its not as easy as setting up a shoe shop!
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    Taiwan Semicon - More investment overseas - Vanguard maybe?

    https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/TSMC-affiliate-eyes-Singapore-for-its-most-advanced-chip-plant Wonder how much SG Taxpayer going to be on the hook for?
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    Remote FAB Control

    https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2023/09/26/globalfoundries-opens-first-of-its-kind-plant-remote-control-hub-in-penang/92973 Not very knowledgable on this but what are the folk that need to be onsite at a FAB other than the maintenance people?
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    Panic on the streets of Taichung!

    TOKYO/SINGAPORE/AMSTERDAM, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Taiwan's TSMC (2330.TW) has told its major suppliers to delay the delivery of high-end chipmaking equipment, as the world's top contract chipmaker grows increasingly nervous about customer demand, two sources familiar with the matter said. Shares in...
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    GF New Foundry in Singapore Officially Open

    https://www.reuters.com/technology/globalfoundries-opens-4-billion-singapore-fabrication-plant-2023-09-12/ Govt Minister say it will be 28nm capable
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    Arthur Hanson - Did you see this one coming?

    https://www.businessinsider.com/edible-microchips-on-parmigiano-reggiano-used-to-fight-counterfeiters-2023-8 This site is for serious discussion but some brevity now and again does not go amiss!! How can semicon have a downturn when we gonna start eating them?
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    FAB Salary around the world!

    https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/machine-operator-stole-286k-worth-of-gold-from-employer-over-two-years The main story is operator managed to pilfer $286k SGD of gold over two years, however lax security aside and seemingly not very good auditing , what shock me was the...
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    Silicon Box - Opening Site in Singapore.

    https://www.straitstimes.com/business/semiconductor-start-up-silicon-box-opens-265-billion-factory-in-s-pore-set-to-hire-1200-people This is a side of the business that I dont understand, what us the below describing and at what point would they come into the production process? " The 73,000...
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    India looking to move quickly!

    18mnths from shovels in ground to wafer output Even got back n forth in their comments!
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    Tough Sledding ahead for India Semicon Manufacturing

    https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-poised-deny-funding-vedanta-foxconn-chip-venture-bloomberg-news-2023-05-31/ Getting Govt money not an easy business it seems , even when the Govt is pushing for what you are trying to do.
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    Is this real?

    China Tech this seems like a new channel :oops: "If you pay attention to the semiconductor industry, you must often hear about 7nm, 5nm, 3nm chips. Nm here refers to the size of the chip, and the smaller the chip size, the more complicated the manufacturing process, because chip makers want to...
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    Are CANON going to be back in the game?

    https://asiatimes.com/2022/11/canon-on-cusp-of-nanoimprint-chip-making-revolution/ What is the best CANON currently capable of?
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    GLOBALFOUNDRIES.... Layoffs coming?

    GlobalFoundries Inc., the biggest US-based provider of made-to-order semiconductors, is beginning job cuts and has enacted a hiring freeze. The company Friday informed its employees of the impending workforce reductions, without disclosing when exactly they would occur or which divisions would...
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