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U.S. Announces Samsung Electronics Incentives for Semiconductor Production

Supply Chain Matters

billion grant awarded to Taiwan based TSMC to build advanced semiconductor fab capabilities in Arizona. Further being planned is a chip-packaging facility that can support 3 -D packaging for high bandwidth memory (HBM) production needs. Commerce Department has awarded a $6.4 The move follows a $6.6

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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

Logistics Viewpoints

In this situation, an autonomous vehicle brings a package to a customer’s house, whereupon the customer enters a code and retrieves the package from a cargo hold. Founded in 2017 in Burlingame, CA, Udelv said it has completed more than 20,000 package deliveries. Autonomous technology has improved, and the interest is growing.

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Congrats to the Winners of the Supply Chains to Admire 2023

Supply Chain Shaman

Nvidia, Northrup Grumman, PACCAR Inc, PCA (Packaging Corporation of America), ResMed, Rockwell Automation, Ross Stores, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) Company, Tempur-Pedic, TJX, Toro, Toyota, West Pharma, United Tractors, and Urban Outfitters.

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Implications of Apple Securing Semiconductor Fab Supply from the United States

Supply Chain Matters

Such moves further have cascading effects on other value-added production including chip assembly, packaging and electronic component assembly. These are the smallest and most technology advanced chips currently available, and for the most part, production has come directly from the chip maker’s Taiwan based facilities.

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Top 3 Challenges Facing High-Tech and Semiconductor Supply Chains

Resilinc

They are asking questions like ‘Do our facilities teams know what piping it’s included in?’ The second is tensions around export controls with China and Taiwan , which leave many companies reevaluating their global sourcing strategies. They’re trying to figure out how to find alternate suppliers out of that area.

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What’s the deal with the semiconductor shortage?

NC State SCRC

About 50% of all foundries are located in Taiwan with one company, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), and another 25% is Samsung, which is also produced in Korea. In addition to the bottlenecks with the contract manufacturing foundries, you also had massive COVID outbreaks in Taiwan in June 2021 t.

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Supply Chain: Interrupted. A recap of our recent webinar on disruptions and trends from the first half of 2021

Resilinc

After stay-at-home policies early in the pandemic forced food manufacturers to shift to smaller package sizes, they shifted back to large packages with re-openings of restaurants and other food service venues. Drought in Taiwan is causing big headaches for the highly water intensive semiconductor wafer fabs.