Intel partners with 14 Japanese firms to automate chipmaking process

Intel Corp.'s Japanese arm has formed a research body in collaboration with 14 domestic firms to automate "back-end chipmaking processes," such as packaging, as Japan and the United States step up efforts to strengthen chip supply chains, the new entity said Tuesday.The Tokyo-based Semiconductor Assembly Test Automation and Standardization Research Association was established on April 16 to implement automation technologies by 2028 under its president, Kunimasa Suzuki, who is also president of Intel K.K.Omron Corp. and Murata Machinery Ltd., both based in Kyoto, will be among the firms over…READ FULL ARTICLE