Denso announced its decision to build a new plant by Denso Iwate to enhance competitiveness of Denso Group and toward realization of domestic manufacturing in Japan. Aside the increasing the production capacity of semiconductor wafer operated by Denso Iwate, the factory is planned to be responsible for manufacturing semiconductor sensor and meters for automobile. The […]
Hamamatsu Photonics has announced the completion of the new building No.1 in Shingai factory. The Shingai factory, located in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, is a mass production fab specialized in back end process. The new building will increase the production rate of back end process of optical semiconductor elements. Production at the new building will be […]
According to the recently released Global Wafer Capacity report by IC Insights, Taiwan has maintained the lead of wafer capacity in the world while South Korea is narrowing the gap. Taiwan gained the title back in 2015 when it surpassed South Korea as the largest capacity holder. In 2016, only China and South Korea gained […]
Toshiba has announced the schedule and new company name for its memory business to be spun off. The decision of spinning off its memory business was announced on 27 Jan 2017 with new company name and schedule undecided. The new company name has now announced to be Toshiba Memory Corporation (Toshiba Memory). The new company […]