German consultant Drees & Sommer has been appointed design partner for a €611m advanced semiconductor R&D facility and utility buildings for digital technology firm Imec in Málaga, Spain. The project…

American semiconductor maker Texas Instruments (TI) is spending $60bn on seven manufacturing plants on three sites – two in Texas, and one in Utah – which it says will create…

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (SCMC) is to build its first European research, development and design centre near Munich, the Taipei Times reports. The company said the facility would improve…

The world’s biggest chip-maker, Taiwan’s TSMC, announced from the White House last night that it would add $100bn to the $65bn already committed to semiconductor manufacturing in the US, calling…

Intel said on Friday that the opening of two chip-making plants (“fabs”) currently under construction in Ohio will be delayed until 2030 and 2031. The company had initially intended to…

The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is to spend €200m building a laboratory and a cleanroom to support the Netherlands’ semiconductor industry. The 5,000-sq-m building will house labs and classrooms.…

Canadian designer and engineer Stantec and German consultancy Drees & Sommer have been selected to help design Silicon Box’s new €3.2bn semiconductor assembly and test plant in Italy. Singapore’s Silicon…

The European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC) has broken ground on its €10bn chip fabrication plant in Dresden. The plant will get €5bn in state aid from Germany and €3.5bn from…

The European Commission on Friday agreed to let Italy offer €2bn in state aid for France’s STMicroelectronics to build a €5bn chip factory in Sicily. The company wants to build…

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) has agreed to increase its investment in its Arizona site by 60%, from $41bn to $65bn, and to begin making cutting-edge 2nm chips in them. In…

India’s cabinet has given the green light for three semiconductor plants together worth $15.2bn. Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the projects yesterday and ordered construction to start within 100 days.…

The board of Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC this week voted to invest €3.5bn in a factory in the east German city of Dresden. It said this investment would probably rise to…

Germany’s biggest chip maker Infineon Technologies will invest €5bn over five years in building the world’s biggest 200-millimetre silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor plant in Kulim, Malaysia. SiC is used to…

Chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will invest $2.9bn in a packaging facility in northern Taiwan, Reuters reports. “Packaging” in this context means placing a number of chips in…

Bechtel has opened a new office in Arizona to tap into the booming semiconductor, batteries, and battery materials markets. The 8,000-sq-ft office in Chandler, near Phoenix, opened 27 June at…

The construction arm of Malaysian conglomerate IJM Corporation has won two contracts worth US$94m in the Malaysian state of Penang. One is a $76m contract from ASE Electronics, the Malaysian…