2021-06-25 South Korea Investing $451B Into Domestic Semiconductor Industry Through 2030 The South Korean government revealed its local chipmakers, led by Samsung, will spend $451 billion to upgrade their capabilities through 2030.
2021-10-22 Foxconn and Stellantis to form Mobile Drive, an advanced digital cockpit company Foxconn and Stellantis are joining forces to form a new advanced digital cockpit company called Mobile Drive.
2021-05-23 GlobalFoundries signs three-year, $1.6B wafer supply deal with AMD GlobalFoundries made a $1.6 billion wafer supply deal with AMD. It will also develop 5G and 6G RF parts with Raytheon.
2021-05-21 Qualcomm reportedly inks six-year foundry services agreement with UMC Qualcomm made a six-year deal supply deal with UMC, the world’s fourth-largest contract chipmaker. Read more here.
2021-09-02 TSMC and Japanese government launching $337M 3D chip development project TSMC and the Japanese government are co-funding a potentially revolutionary $337 million semiconductor research project.
2021-06-29 AMD CPUs and GPUs to power Tesla’s next-generation vehicle infotainment systems AMD revealed it would supply Tesla with CPUs and GPUs for the upcoming refreshes of its Model X and S in-car infotainment systems.
2021-11-25 Nvidia to acquire DeepMap, an advanced mapping startup, to boost its AV resources Nvidia announced it would acquire DeepMap, a mapping solutions startup, to improve its self-driving car technology.
2022-03-29 Global chip shortage prompting spike in component counterfeiting Criminals are using the global chip crisis as an opportunity to rip off unsuspecting manufacturers for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
2022-04-22 Nexperia investing $700M in capacity expansion, opens new production line in Britain Nexperia is spending $700 million to expand its development capabilities and manufacturing capacity. And it just activated a new production line.
2021-10-06 GlobalFoundries begins construction on $4B 300mm wafer fab in Singapore GlobalFoundries recently broke ground on a $4 billion, 300mm Singapore-based silicon wafer fab that will begin full production in 2023.