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Technology

Kumamoto

9 articles decelerating

Kumamoto has appeared in 9 articles since 2023-06. Coverage peaked in 2024Q1 with 4 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside TSMC, Japan, Japanese, Sony.

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Sony’s $155M Deal Meets TSMC’s Shared Fab
Eleven years after Sony paid $155 million for Toshiba’s sensor unit, Sony and TSMC announced a robot-and-car sensor venture. TSMC’s first Kumamoto fab already m...

Coverage Timeline

2024-12-28
Kyodo News+ 4 related

TSMC says it has started mass production at its first factory in Japan, located in Kumamoto, producing 12nm to 28nm chips for use in cars and image sensors

JASM coming online Nikkei Asia : TSMC kicks off mass production at first Japan chip fab Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : TSMC begins mass-producing chips at newly opened fab in Japan TrendForce : [New...

2024-12-27
Kyodo News+ 4 related

TSMC says it has started mass production at its first factory in Japan, located in Kumamoto, producing 12nm to 28nm chips for use in cars and image sensors

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said Friday it has started mass production at its first factory in Japan …

2024-12-19
Nikkei Asia

Q&A with Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing President Yoshihiro Yamaguchi on shipping 20B+ image sensors, a new manufacturing plant in Kumamoto, Japan, and more

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2024-02-25
Nikkei Asia 4 related

TSMC inaugurates its first plant in Kumamoto, Japan, paving the way to make smartphone and auto-related chips for Sony and Renesas by the end of 2024

Nikkei Asia :

Reuters 2 related

Japan plans to give up to $4.86B more in subsidies to help TSMC build a second chip fabrication plant in Kumamoto

Chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW) formally opens its first Japanese plant on Saturday, highlighting the Taiwanese firm's critical role in Tokyo's multi-billion dollar efforts to reboot …

2024-02-24
Nikkei Asia 7 related

TSMC inaugurates its first plant in Kumamoto, Japan, paving the way to make smartphone and auto-related chips for Sony and Renesas by the end of 2024

Japanese semiconductor subsidies came faster than in the U.S. and elsewhere  —  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. opened its factory in Kumamoto, Japan, on Feb. 24.

2024-02-06
Reuters 7 related

TSMC plans to build a second Japanese plant in Kumamoto, set to open in 2027, taking its investment to $20B+; the first plant will hit volume production in Q4

Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW) said on Tuesday it will build a second Japanese plant to begin operation by the end of 2027 …

2023-11-21
Bloomberg 3 related

Sources: TSMC plans to build a manufacturing plant in the Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, its third in the country, to develop advanced 3nm chips

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2023-06-09
Bloomberg

A look at Japan's expanding chip sector, aided by $14B+ in subsidies, including for TSMC's plant in Kumamoto, which has been hampered by narrow, jammed roads

Every morning, some of the world's top chip engineers can be found stuck in traffic on Kumamoto Prefecture's Route 30 … Tweets: @business , @pelstrom , @pelstrom , @pelstrom , and @pelstrom Tweets: @b...

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TEXXR tracks 12 tech news articles mentioning Kumamoto, dating back to June 2023. The biggest stories include TSMC plans to produce 3nm chips at its second plant in Kumamoto, Japan; sources say that... and Sources: Sony and TSMC plan a ~$6.3B JV, owned ~60% by Sony and ~40% by TSMC, to mass.... Frequently covered alongside TSMC, Sony, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co..

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