The South Korean government has decided to expand policy financing for four cutting-edge industries (semiconductors, displays, secondary batteries, and bio) to USD17.55 billion won by 2025.
By 2024, more than 14,600 chip companies in China will go bankrupt, while 52,000 new companies will be registered.
SandboxAQ said it has raised more than $300 million in funding, valuing the Alphabet spinoff at $5.6 billion, to accelerate computational development of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
Omdia: The total semiconductor market revenue reached US$494 billion in the first three quarters of 2024. The total semiconductor revenue in the first three quarters of 2024 increased by 26% or US$102 billion compared with the same period in 2023. This growth was driven by strong demand for artificial intelligence and related semiconductor components.
Samsung announced that it will provide performance bonuses equivalent to 200% of base salary to its memory business unit.
Lattice announces price increase for 2025 on select FPGA products.
Nvidia is expected to release the next-generation GB300 AI server product line at the GTC conference in March 2025. Foxconn and Quanta have also recently begun to move forward and entered the research and development and design stage of GB300.
South Korean academic circles have called on the government to build a KSMC, which will require an investment of $200 billion in the future.
The Biden administration announced a last-minute trade investigation into “legacy” semiconductors produced in China, which could lead to more U.S. tariffs on Chinese chips used in everyday items such as cars, washing machines and telecommunications equipment.
