The initiative is to contribute to drive digital innovation and to develop strategic technologies in Qatar
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NEOM to invest in MemryX’s energy-efficient semiconductors business
NEOM Investment Fund adds the Michigan startup to its portfolio; NEOM will deploy the next-generation, energy-efficient edge AI accelerators
Artificial intelligence
TSMC results lift gloom for semiconductors industry as Q1 profit surges 60%
The world’s biggest chipmaker’s profit reaches $11.12bn, up from $6.93bn in Q1 2024; Company also give a bullish outlook for the year
China
China’s new mineral export rules put global chip industry on high alert: Report
China produces almost all of the world’s supply of these materials
India
India’s Maharashtra approves $10bn semiconductor fabrication unit to boost chip production
The project is to be developed in two phases, with the first phase generating a capacity of producing 40,000 wafers per month
Globalfoundries
US government grants Mubadala-backed GlobalFoundries $1.5 billion
The award will lead to the creation of approximately 10,500 construction and manufacturing jobs in New York and Vermont
FDI
TSMC in the UAE: What we can learn from Germany’s semiconductor FDI coup
The semiconductor supply chain security is considered a matter of national security, particularly with the rise of AI, which makes the news all the more interesting
China
China’s retaliation in the chip war with US will likely drive up prices
Beijing controls nearly 80% of gallium and 60% of germanium – two key metals needed to produce semiconductors
Gujarat
India to break ground on first semiconductor plant, eyes production by Q4 2024
Earlier this June, the US-based Micron Technology had announced its plans to set up a new semiconductor assembly and test facility in Gujarat
India
Indian government approves Micron’s $2.7bn chip testing plant: Report
Interestingly, the report comes at a time when the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on an official visit to the US
Micron Technology
CHIPS falls into place…Micron to invest $100 billion in New York state megafab site
With 2.4 million square feet area for four cleanrooms, the facility in Clay will be the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturing unit and create 50,000 jobs
chip market
Brain drain poses systemic threat to technology industry, report says
There is a dearth of talent in the chip industry, which is currently facing a global shortage, who would further hardware innovation
manufacturing industry
Semiconductor shortage hits automobile, iPhone supply, unlikely to let up
Semiconductor prices have climbed since the last quarter of 2020 when Covid-19 exacerbated a shortage that was already emerging