‘Germany pushes Intel to spend more on its €17 billion chip fab’
Berlin dangles greater subsidies if chipmaker agrees to increase its investment in the Magdeburg facility.
Germany is pushing Intel to expand its plans for a proposed chip plant in exchange for higher subsidies, according to a report in the Financial Times. The €17 billion is already set to be... Read more
‘Intel and Italy continue talks on new chip plant’
The US tech giant has breathed new life into talks with the Meloni government.
Last week Intel told Reuters that Italy remains a potential location for a new chip plant. The ongoing talks follow Intel's decision last March to increase its semiconductor production in the European Union.
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Germany wants to become the largest semiconductor producer in Europe
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz asserted that Germany could become the EU's largest producer of semiconductors at a recent summit. He attributed his statement to the significant investments made in the industry as of late.
Scholz, who emphasized that Germany is working hard to increase semiconduct... Read more
The Netherlands and US are in talks over further Chinese export bans
Dutch trade minister Liesje Schreinemacher confirmed that the Netherlands and the US are negotiating additional limits on exporting semiconductor technology to China.
In 2018, Washington pressured the Dutch government to bar ASML from exporting EUV machines to China. ASML is among the world's la... Read more
Germany will most likely block Chinese buyout of Elmos chip factory
The agency responsible appears to be reversing its previous stance on the transaction.
The German government will most likely block the sale of Elmos' chip factory to a Chinese competitor, the company said this week. Elmos develops, produces and markets semiconductors, primarily for use in the a... Read more
STMicro and GlobalFoundries collaborate on $5.7B chip plant in France
STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries partner up to build a $5.7 billion semiconductor manufacturing facility in France.
According to the organization, the French government will provide "significant financial support" for the construction of the factory. According to Reuters, the project is an... Read more
TSMC does not have plans to build chip factories in Europe
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) stated on Wednesday that it has no definite intentions to build chip factories in Europe, despite the European Union's attempts to encourage Taiwanese companies to do so.
Due to the global scarcity of semiconductors affecting numerous industries, Tai... Read more
Germany to invest €3 billion to bring semiconductor production back to the EU
Germany plans to invest several billion euros as part of a major European project, into bringing semiconductor production back to the bloc. The goal is to strengthen German and European tech sovereignty, which is not on stable ground yet.
Economy Minister Peter Altmaier of Germany held talks wit... Read more
Europe to boost semiconductor production, build quantum computer
The European Union wants to make a fifth of the globe’s cutting-edge semiconductors by the end of the decade. It also wants to make its first quantum computer within the next five years.
All of this is part of an effort by the bloc to reduce its dependence on non-European tech.
The EU plan ... Read more