"Taiwan's spy catchers have launched probes into around 100 Chinese companies suspected of illegally poaching semiconductor engineers and other tech talent." "Home to industry giant TSMC and accounting for 92% of the world's most advanced semiconductor manufacturing capacity, Taiwan possesses what China needs -- chip expertise in spades."

"It is not illegal per se for Chinese firms to hire Taiwanese engineers. Taiwanese law, however, prohibits Chinese investment in some parts of the semiconductor supply chain including chip design and requires reviews for other areas such as chip packaging, making it very difficult for Chinese chip firms to operate on the island legally."

'Tip of the iceberg': Taiwan's spy catchers hunt Chinese poachers of chip talent

#solidstatelife #semiconductors #taiwan #espionage

'Tip of the iceberg': Taiwan's spy catchers hunt Chinese poachers of chip talent

Taiwan's spy catchers have launched probes into around 100 Chinese companies suspected of illegally poaching semiconductor engineers and other tech talent, a senior official at the island's Investigation Bureau told Reuters.

Billions from Intel might go into a complex of Euro fabs, near Magdeburg. IPCEI II. Colour me surprised. That would be a promise for a pretty strong boost.

https://www.heise.de/news/Halbleiterfertigung-Intels-europaeische-Mega-Fab-soll-in-Deutschland-entstehen-6521718.html

#magdeburg #semiconductors #intel #ipceiii #europe

Deutsches Mega-Halbleiterwerk: Intel soll sich für Magdeburg entschieden haben

Magdeburg soll für Intels nächsten großen Halbleiterstandort Bayern und Sachsen ausgestochen haben. Es geht um bis zu 100 Milliarden US-Dollar.

Why the #semicon supply chain crisis is harder to fix. Did I post this before?

https://twitter.com/ChengTingFang/status/1468449865256501252

#semiconductors #taiwan #apple

Export control for #semiconductors, Taiwan-style.

https://twitter.com/ChengTingFang/status/1471287603404353538

#taiwan #semicon #politics

Have Nikkei Asia access? Then read this if interested.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-Big-Story/Apple-s-nightmare-before-Christmas-Supply-chain-crisis-delays-gift-deliveries

#tsmc #semiconductors #apple #nikkei

Apple's nightmare before Christmas: Supply chain crisis delays gift deliveries

Two years of lockdowns, chip shortages, and energy cuts have finally caught up with the iPhone maker

The youtube can haz astonishing recommendations. This is one of them re #semiconductors.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1LpsuAUaKoMzzJSEt5WImw/community?lb=UgzOAcFrsYAxksI9mOp4AaABCQ

(via asianometry)

#taiwan #taipei #mrt #advertisement #tsmc

If you have lived under a semicon rock over the last year, here is what you may have missed:

The Stack Overflow Podcast | EP396 The semiconductor shortage: explained

https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/11/09/podcast-391-explaining-the-semiconductor-shortage-and-how-it-might-end/

#semiconductors #podcast #supplychain #stackoverflow #audio

Podcast 391: Explaining the semiconductor shortage, and how it might end

The problem is not that we've run out of sand.

Taiwan Exports Seen Rising For 19th Month on Chip Demand

 
https://www.asiafinancial.com/taiwan-exports-seen-rising-for-19th-month-on-chip-demand
#semiconductors, #chips, #taiwan, #exports, #computer, #tsmc

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Wer noch nicht genug ueber TSMC weiss.. im Deutschlandradio hat Carina Rother in gutem Format alles wichtige zusammengefasst.

Taiwans Chip-Produzent TSMC - Systemrelevant für die Welt.

TL;DR:

„TSMC wird seinen Vorsprung mindestens bis 2027 behalten. Es gibt kaum echte Konkurrenz, nur Samsung und Intel. TSMC hat in der Auftragsfertigung einen Marktanteil von 55 Prozent, dreimal so groß wie die Nummer zwei, Samsung. Samsung und Intel müssen sich sehr anstrengen, um das aufzuholen.“

Plus: der Beitrag kommt fast ganz ohne plakative Schreckenszenarien aus, a la "OMG WTF Unsere notleidende Autoindustrie". Ein entspannt-bewundernder Blick auf Taiwan tut der Welt ganz gut gerade.

#tsmc #semicon #semiconductors #ccwei #morrischang

Taiwans Chip-Produzent TSMC - Systemrelevant für die Welt

In Handys, Computern, Autos - Chips des taiwanischen Konzerns TSMC sind überall verbaut. Der Technologieführer produziert für viele Marken. Damit ist er in der Halbleiter-Krise systemrelevant für die Weltwirtschaft und Taiwans Sicherheit.

ARM’s Chinese Venture Goes Sour

#arm #china #semiconductors #hackaday
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ARM’s Chinese Venture Goes Sour

We’re used by now to many of the more capable microcontrollers and systems-on-chip that we use having an ARM core at their heart. From its relatively humble beginings in a 1980s British home …

Next chapter in the US (here: Arizona) progressing towards getting "semiconductor powerhouse" TSMC to build a fab on US soil. Staff has already been trained, and to make sure everyone interested understands its not coming cheap the epiphenomenon is named directly, i.e. "a warning that producing in Arizona is a wee bit more expensive than Taiwan, and customers may see resulting price hikes." What did you think?

https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/25/taiwan_and_arizona_economic_groups/?td=keepreading-top

"Signing of the MOU encourages both sides to move toward a tighter bilateral industrial cooperation, particularly on the heels of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's plan to build a $12 billion fab in Arizona," said Chih-Ching Yang, deputy director general of the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB), who witnessed the signing.
GPEC chief exec Chris Camacho told Reuters his org would co-locate as many TSMC suppliers and other related companies to the area as possible, and 40 companies are already considering investing in Arizona.

So things are moving forward, and many kinds of questions shall be asked. I'd expect water, IP, and mid-term perspectives to come up, for the time after production starts sometime in 2024. We'll see.

#semiconductors #tsmc #arizona

Is this how we get to Banks' Culture style computational substrate? https://news.stanford.edu/2019/03/15/high-quality-bespoke-nanocrystals/

#science #semiconductors #manufacturing #quantum

High-quality bespoke nanocrystals

Stanford researchers redefine what it means for low-cost semiconductors, called quantum dots, to be near-perfect.