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Demand for advanced power electronics is forcing engineers to explore next-generation components.

In January, Samsung Electronics forecast a worsening chip shortage this year, thanks to burgeoning demand for AI data centers. The race to build AI infrastructure has prompted chipmakers to divert manufacturing capacity toward high-bandwidth memory for AI servers, squeezing the supply ‍of conventional memory chips.

Amazon subsidiary Zoox, has just opened a new assembly plant in northern California to mass-produce robotaxis.

DALLAS—Texas Instruments plans to invest more than $60 billion across seven U.S. semiconductor fabs, the largest investment in foundational semiconductor manufacturing in U.S. history.

The proposed facility would aim to produce more than 100 million System-in-Package (SiP) units annually by 2031, targeting advanced packaging needs in the European aerospace, automotive, telecom, and defense sectors.

MUMBAI, India—Experts highlight that India is becoming a strong contender in the global chip supply chain, offering an alternative to China and Taiwan.

BROMONT, QC—IBM, Canada and Quebec will invest 187 million Canadian dollars ($139.6 million) to expand assembly, testing and packaging capabilities at the company’s semiconductor manufacturing facility here.

Handling of the wafer carriers is performed by a six-axis clean room robot from Stäubli Robotics.

The growth is being driven by a U.S. policy push to boost domestic clean-energy manufacturing, by global supply chain risk, and by the total cost of ownership (TCO) equation.

Several start-ups, such as Redwire Space, Space Forge Ltd. and Varda Space Industries, hope to ramp up activity over the next two years.