U.S. electronics production has been on an accelerating growth trend over the last ten months. Three-month average change versus a year ago (3/12 change) has increased from 0.4% in October 2024 to 6.2% in August 2025. Japan’s 3/12 change has been positive since November 2024, but has been decelerating for most of 2025, reaching… Read More The post U.S. Electronics Production Growing appeared first on SemiWiki.| SemiWiki
Global spending on semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled $33.07 billion in the 2nd quarter of 2025, according to SEMI and SEAJ. 2Q 2025 spending was up 23% from 2Q 2024. China had the largest spending at $11.36 billion, 34% of the total. However, China spending in 2Q 2025 was down 7% from 2Q 2024. Taiwan had…| Semiwiki
U.S. President Biden announced on Wednesday an agreement to provide Intel with $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans under the CHIPS and Science Act. Intel will use the funding for wafer fabs in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico, and Oregon. As reported in our December 2023 newsletter, the CHIPS Act provides a…| Semiwiki