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TI Invests $11 Billion into 300mm Wafer Plant Expansion
February 16, 2023 – Texas Instruments announced its $11 billion investment plan to build a new 300-millimeter semiconductor wafer fabrication plan in Lehi, Utah. New fab production is slated to start in the second half of this year with production live in 2026. This plant…
Turkey-Syria Earthquake 2023 Updates
On Monday, February 6, 2023 in Kahramanmaras, Turkey – a devastating series of earthquakes rocked a 500 kilometer (310 mi) section of central Turkey to northern Syria. As of February 13, the death toll has reached 35,000 individuals. Hospitals in Turkey are filled with 80,000…
General Motors and GF in Exclusive Partnership for Semiconductor Chips
On Thursday, February 9th, 2023 – General Motors announced an “automotive industry first”, partnership with Global Foundries, the fourth largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world. GM and GlobalFoundries will establish an exclusive supply line of computer chips, produced directly in the United States This partnership…
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New POPs Regulation Addition: PFHxS
The latest development by the Stockholm Convention was in June 2022, where they listed perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts, and any PFHxS-related compounds, as banned substances (Annex A). What Are PFHxS? Which Regulations Are Updated? PFHxS is a group of chemicals found in…
New U.S. Semiconductor Trade Ban on Macau
On January 17, 2023 – Macau, a special administration region of China, has been banned from shipments of advanced chips and chipmaking equipment by an order from the Biden Administration. This move follows the restrictions placed on the Republic of China in October of 2022…
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EU’s Substances of Very High Concern(SVHC) List Updated
On January 17th, 2023, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) added nine new substances to the Candidate List of substances of very high concern for Authorisation under REACH. This brings the number of substances on the list to 233. Substances on the Candidate List are regularly…
TSMC’s New 3nm Chip Wafers Priced at $20,000
TSMC released pricing for their latest and smallest chip node technology at a 25% price hike over their current 5nm wafer. The new wafers with 3nm node technology will be priced at $20,000 apiece. This news comes as a surprise as Samsung already announced partnerships…
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PFAS Bans Coming to the USA – Effective January 2023
Recent studies by the CDC have shown that exposure to PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) may be linked to harmful health effects in both humans and animals. Due to their potential harmful effects, states like Maine, Colorado, New Hampshire and California have taken legislative action to…
U.S. Invests $2.8B Into EV Battery Production
On Wednesday, October 19th, the White House announced the passing of a Bipartisan Infrastructure law that will provide $2.8 Billion in funding for 20 companies across 12 states in the United States to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles as well as materials…
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US Restricts Memory Chip Technology to China
On Friday, October 7th, 2022, the US Department of Commerce passed extensive regulations to cut China off from accessing certain semiconductor microchip technology made with U.S. equipment from anywhere in the world. Chinese chipmakers will no longer receive equipment to produce advanced logic chips under…