fabs
Germany vows to subsidize Intel and TSMC fabs despite budget crisis — billions in funding still in limbo
The German government is committed to supporting the construction of chip fabs by Intel, TSMC, and Wolfspeed, despite facing financial challenges due to a budget crisis, reports HardwareLuxx. In fact, Intel and Wolfspeed have already received firm funding commitments from the government. “The decisive sentence is, all projects that we have conceived must be made possible,” said Robert Habeck, Minister […]
New chip crunch looming? Booming demand from Chinese fabs causing shortage of critical photomask element
Over the past few quarters, the global semiconductor industry has faced shortages of chip packaging components and advanced chip packaging capacity. Now, despite an overall economic slowdown, it faces a persistent shortage of photomasks. This critical and complex component is key to the chipmaking process. This situation is primarily fueled by the robust demand from […]