AVAILABLE FOR SALE: JDI OPERATIONAL FAB, HIGASHIURA, JAPAN Japan Display, Inc. (JDI) has exclusively retained ATREG to assist with the disposition of its operational LCD G3.5 manufacturing facility located in Higashiura, Aichi Prefecture. Built out in 1998 (F-Tower and Energy Tower) and 2002 (C-Tower), the fab currently manufactures various display technologies (DSC, wearable, mobile, VR,
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SOLD: ELMOS OPERATIONAL 200MM FAB, DORTMUND, GERMANY ATREG is pleased to announce that it has successfully advised Elmos Semiconductor SE on the disposition of its operational automotive-certified 200mm manufacturing facility located in Dortmund, Germany. Elmos has entered into a definitive sale and purchase agreement with Silex Microsystems AB, a pure-play MEMS foundry headquartered in Järfälla,
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EXECUTIVE Q&A: AJIT MANOCHA, PRESIDENT & CEO, SEMI ATREG recently sat down with Ajit Manocha, President and CEO of SEMI headquartered in Milpitas, CA, to discuss the United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) and its impact on the U.S. semiconductor industry. Do you believe that the funding currently included in the USICA will be
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REFLECTIONS ON 20 YEARS OF GLOBAL FAB TRANSACTIONS By Stephen Rothrock, Founder, President & CEO, ATREG, Inc. Over the past 50 years, the semiconductor industry has faced its fair share of difficult challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic the world is currently experiencing has caused the worst downturn since the financial crisis of 2008, devastating global economies.
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GUEST COLUMN: COVID-19 DRIVES RISE FOR SEMICONDUCTORS From gloom to boom for some industry segments By Christian Dieseldorff, Senior Principal Analyst for Semiconductors, Industry Research & Statistics Group, SEMI The semiconductor industry should feel lucky not to be the restaurant or travel business. How is it possible that the COVID-19 pandemic turns from gloom to
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