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Tuesday 28 May 2019
HiSilicon continues ramping up 7nm chip orders placed with TSMC
Huawei's HiSilicon has been ramping up 7nm chip orders placed with foundry partner TSMC to ensure adequate supply for Huawei's flagship P30 series smartphones through at least the...
Thursday 25 April 2019
TSMC 12-inch fab capacity still in oversupply
Despite a ramp-up of orders for 7nm chips, TSMC is still seeing orders for other advanced process nodes remain sluggish which has kept its overall 12-inch fab capacity in oversupply,...
Tuesday 9 April 2019
Samsung to scale up 16nm DRAM output in 2020, says Digitimes Research
Samsung Electronics uses mainly 18nm process technology to manufacture server DRAM chips, and is gearing up for transition to a newer 16nm process node in 2020, according to Digitimes...
Tuesday 19 March 2019
Heterogeneous integration bringing more innovation: Q&A with Etron chairman Nicky Lu
The Taiwan semiconductor industry is gearing up to tap huge business opportunities arising from AI and IoT applications, such as machine learning, cloud to edge computing and big...
Friday 22 February 2019
Advances in logic IC process technology move forward
There is more variety than ever among the logic-oriented process technologies that companies offer, and derivative versions of each process generation between major nodes have become...
Wednesday 23 January 2019
TSMC to tape out first 5nm chip design in 1H19
Despite its dim business and industry outlook this year, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) continues to make progress in the development of sub-7nm process technologies...
Thursday 13 December 2018
Unisoc has ambitious plans for 5G
As a heavyweight member in the China semiconductor industry, Tsinghua Unigroup has set ambitious goals of scoring US$100 billion in annual revenues, taking the largest share of the...
Friday 30 November 2018
ASE reportedly to set up IC testing service center in Nanjing
ASE Technology Holding, the parent company of IC packagers Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), plans to set up an IC testing service...
Thursday 1 November 2018
TSMC opens 12-inch fab in Nanjing
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) held a ceremony on October 31 to mark the opening of its 12-inch wafer plant in Nanjing, China. Company chairman Mark Liu and CFO...
Monday 3 September 2018
TSMC ex-employee charged with trade secrets theft
A Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) employee has been charged with stealing secrets from the pure-play foundry.
Thursday 16 August 2018
TSMC sees pickup in orders for mining ASICs
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and its design services partners have recently seen orders for cryptocurrency mining chips pick up, as major crypto mining machine...
Thursday 16 August 2018
Cadence to open subsidiary in Nanjing
EDA vendor Cadence Design Systems is scheduled to start operating a new subsidiary in Nanjing, China in September, according to industry sources.
Monday 9 July 2018
US-China trade rift hitting 2H18 Taiwan electronics shipments
With deep presence in the global electronics and tech supply chains, Taiwan businesses are beginning to feel the pinch of mounting trade tensions between the US and China that are...
Friday 1 June 2018
Foundries eyeing AI chip orders with advanced process technologies
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), and the China-based production subsidiaries of both Globalfoundries and United Microelectronics (UMC) are looking to expand their...
Tuesday 8 May 2018
TSMC 7nm process to attract more orders from China for AI chips
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 7nm FinFET process has obtained orders for the production of AI-capable SoCs from a number of China-based chip firms, such as Huawei's...