World Region – America

Samsung is delaying facilitising its Taylor, Texas fab (pictured below) because it lacks customers for it, reports the Nikkei. The success of TSMC’s 2nm process has been so comprehensive that the company has won many of the big customers for it – Apple, MediaTek, Qualcomm, AMD and Broadcom. Earlier this week it was reported that Intel is considering giving up ...

The US Chips Act is under threat following President Trump’s speech to the US Congress when he called the Act a “horrible, horrible thing”. Trump asked Congress to get rid of the Act and use “whatever is left over” of its funds to “reduce debt or any other reason.” Trump thinks tariffs are a better way to go to support ...

The US government has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for activities that will use AI and autonomous experimentation (AE) technologies to support the long-term viability of next-generation semiconductor manufacturing. The CHIPS AI/AE for Rapid, Industry-informed Sustainable Semiconductor Materials and Processes (CARISSMA) funding opportunity will be critical in meeting the industry’s technology, economic, and sustainability goals. On November 8, ...

The yield on TSMC’s  4nm process being ramped at its first Phoenix, Arizona fab is 4% better than the yields from its Taiwan fabs, according to Rick Cassidy, president of TSMC’s US division. Volume production in Arizona is expected to start early next year. Originally it was planned for this year after construction started in 2021, but delays caused by ...

Vietnam could receive money from the US Chips and Science Act, according to  Jose Fernandez, U.S. undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment. Under the Act, $500 million has been earmarked for  improving semiconductor training, cybersecurity and business climates globally, said Fernandez on a trip to the country reported by the Nikkei. Seven countries have been tagged ...

Intelsat has completed its C-band frequency clearing process for which it will receive nearly $3.7 billion in payment from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The commission had set deadline stages to clear the spectrum, but had also offered landmark incentive payments to satellite operators. These were to clear the mid-range (3.7 – 3.82 GHz) of the frequency (3.4 – ...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has opened its Extreme Computing centre, as a component of national defence research – with a focus on quantum computing. Described as a state-of-the-art facility, it is located in the organisation’s Information Directorate in Rome, New York – one of the country’s premier military research facilities. The stated aim is to help provide ...

Amazon has announced – for its Project Kuiper satellite constellation – that construction is underway on a new satellite-processing facility at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center. A constellation of over 3,200 LEO satellites is planned to planned to provide global broadband services. The location at the Kennedy Space Center will be used to prepare and ...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has selected a joint research team from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as the Phase I winner of its recent Grand Challenge. The competition, to give its full name, is Active Artificial Intelligence, or AI, Planners for Chemistry/Materials Optimization and Discovery Grand Challenge. The idea was ...

Colombia is a country with an ever-growing entrepreneurship – and innovation-oriented culture; something that’s clearly showcased by the 310 thousand new businesses created in 2022, out of which 309 thousand were microbusinesses. Their leading attribute is their human capital: professionals across the country’s regions who are highly qualified in all Industries 4.0 sectors and who are at clients’ complete disposal ...