Samsung Electronics announced on Nov. 24 that it would build a new Semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor, Texas. The estimated US$17 billion investment in the United States is intended to boost production of advanced logic Semiconductor solutions that power next-generation innovations and technologies.

Samsung Electronics announced on Nov. 11 that it has developed Hybrid-Substrate Cube (H-Cube) technology, its latest 2.5D packaging solution specialized for Semiconductors for HPC, AI, data center and network products that require high-performance and large-area packaging technology.

TSMC forged an alliance with Japan's Sony by establishing a joint venture Semiconductor plant in Japan.

China's largest chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, said its vice-chairman has resigned in a leadership reshuffle less than a year after he took the role.

The deadline for chipmakers’ submission of their supply chain information to the U.S. government is only one day away. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly mulling over the level of disclosure until the last minute.

TSMC has decided to submit its information and data demanded by the U.S. Department of Commerce after having refused to do so.

SK Hynix forecast steady demand for memory chips on Tuesday as it posted its highest quarterly operating profit in nearly three years on the back of rising prices, striking a more bullish note than rivals including Micron.

Top U.S. memory chip maker Micron Technology on Wednesday said it will invest $150 billion in chip manufacturing and research and development over the next decade as governments around the world vie to bring vital Semiconductor production on shore.

Micron will build a new factory at its Japanese production site in Hiroshima at a cost of 800 billion yen ($7.0 billion), the Nikkan Kogyo newspaper reported on Wednesday.

TSMC posted a 13.8% jump in third quarter profit on Thursday on the back of booming demand for Semiconductors to power smartphones and other gadgets during the COVID-19 pandemic amid a supply crunch.

Samsung Electronics has officially declared that it will start producing 3-nm Semiconductors in the first half of 2022 prior to Taiwan's TSMC.

Samsung Electronics announced its earnings guidance for the third quarter of 2021 on Oct. 8.

A Japanese governing party politician has said that a WD-Kioxia merger would provide desirable mass scale and should have at the very least “equal bases of operations in both countries,” meaning the USA and Japan. All the existing Kioxia-WD joint-venture foundries are in Japan.

Samsung Electronics is expected to beat Intel in Semiconductor sales in the third quarter, maintaining its No. 1 position. SK Hynix’s sales are also expected to grow by 10 percent.

Global Semiconductor companies are trying to reshape their business by M&A. At the same time, various countries are becoming increasingly strict about such attempts in order to strengthen their supply chains and protect themselves from the ongoing global chip shortage.