Micron Technology Inc and Western Digital Corp are individually exploring a potential deal for Kioxia Holdings Corp that could value the Japanese Semiconductor firm at around $30 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Magnachip, spun off from South Korea’s SK hynix and listed on the US stock market, has been sold to a Chinese private equity fund, according to industry sources Monday.

The South Korean government gave its final approval for the construction of the Yongin Semiconductor Cluster, which will be home to more than 50 Semiconductor material, component and equipment manufacturers and suppliers.

Intel wants to build ARM chips for Apple, third-parties

Intel announced on Tuesday that it will spend $20 billion to build two new chip factories, called fabs, in Chandler, Arizona.

The world is going through an unprecedented chip shortage, Zhou Zixue, a senior official with the China Semiconductor Industry Association, said on Wednesday, after Semiconductor sales grew 18% last year.

The chip shortage that had slowed automobile manufacturing has now spread to the production of smartphones and personal computers, threatening to derail a post-pandemic economic recovery.

Foundry giant TSMC reports February consolidated net revenue of NT$106.53B, down 16% from January but up 14% on the year.

According to the industry on Monday, a South Korean chemical company called Paik Kwang Industrial Co. is currently working with Samsung Electronics to begin domestic production of ultra-high purity hydrogen chloride.

The US Senate is considering including in a new bill to boost competitiveness against China US$30 billion in funding for previously-approved measures to supercharge the country’s Semiconductor industry, a congressional source said on Thursday.

Samsung Electronics will supply its new image sensor “ISOCELL GN2,” which was released on Feb. 23, for Xiaomi's latest smartphone Mi 11 Ultra.

TSMC is planning to triple its investment in Arizona in order to work more closely with the United States in the Semiconductor industry and further outrun competitors such as Samsung Electronics.

Chinese chip making giant Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp(SMIC) has reportedly received licenses to import equipment from certain US companies for use in mature processes, an expected change as the US sanction in the Trump-era has disrupted global chip industry to an extent that had hurt the interests of many local companies, according to experts.

Intel may owe quite a bit of cash to a Semiconductor company that hasn’t existed for 20 years. A Texas jury has asked Intel to pay $2.18 billion for infringing two patents owned by VLSI Technology, according to Bloomberg.

Samsung Electronics’ foundry in Austin, Texas, still remains suspended after having been shut down by a power outage on the afternoon of Feb. 16. Industry analysts forecast that the shutdown may continue for about two months until mid-April.