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18.03.26 - 09:18
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Korea, Taiwan chip sectors most exposed to helium shortage amid Middle East war: Fitch (SCMP)
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As semiconductor industries across South Korea, Taiwan and Japan contend with possible energy shortages due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, they also face differing levels of vulnerability regarding helium supply, according to Fitch Ratings.
Helium, a by-product of natural gas extraction used in semiconductor manufacturing for ultra-clean cooling, leak detection and inert shielding, faces a global squeeze, with Qatar among the world's most important suppliers.
This comes as the......
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29.01.26 - 10:06
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Nvidia wins approval for Taiwan headquarters to secure AI chip supply (SCMP)
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The Taiwan government has cleared Nvidia to establish a NT$3.3 billion (US$105 million) headquarters on the island that produces most of the world's advanced semiconductors, which the Silicon Valley chip designer will need to feed the red-hot global artificial intelligence sector.
Nvidia would use the Taipei site for a “commercial office” building and the acquisition of land for a “comprehensive business park”, the island's Ministry of Economic Affairs announced on Wednesday.
The approval came a......
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