Late on Monday, a South Korean newspaper reported, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is likely to begin the construction of a planned $17 billion U.S. chip plant during the third quarter of this year and has target to begin operations at the plant in 2024. In a report, the Electronic Times reported citing unnamed industry sources, Samsung…
On Thursday, Japan’s Kioxia Holdings Corp stated, it would build a new production line for NAND memory chips in central Japan in order to meet surging demand for data storage across industry sectors ranging from smartphones to self-driving cars. The new line, the seventh for Kioxia, will be built at its existing plant in Yokkaichi,…
On Friday, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd announced it will build a $12 billion chip factory in Arizona with the company saying it reflects a “strong partnership” with the U.S. government. The development coincides with the Trump Administration’s efforts to bring in more manufacturing activity to the United States. The chip factory will create 1,600…
Given that drones can take footage of sensitive sites, and that China has a market share of around 75% of the global drone market, there are legitimate concerns of privacy and national security. The world non-militarized drone market, dominated by Chinese manufacturers such as DJI, is said to triple in size to $14.3 billion in…
The SCG won the bid to build Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory which took place in December 2018. On Thursday, China’s state-owned Shanghai Construction Group (SCG) is slated to build the first phase of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Shanghai, reported the Shanghai Observer. SCG’s vice-president, Xu Jiandong was quoted by the Shanghai Observer as saying it would fully…
Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory is of strategic importance to the electric carmaker given that Chinese authorities are aiming to have only EVs plying around in the country by 2030. On Monday, Tesla Inc’s CEO, Elon Musk stated, the electric carmaker will break ground for its Shanghai Gigafactory where it will commence the production of its mass…
Ahead of its announcement, the industrial plan has already won support from Merck & Co and Qiagen. In the wake of massive economic upheavals from Britain’s historic decision to leave the EU, on Monday, Prime Minister Theresa May pitched a new strategy to leaders of the country’s industry aimed at bringing about greater state intervention…
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