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Friday 14 October 2022
MediaTek cutting back 7nm, 6nm wafer starts at TSMC
MediaTek has scaled back 7nm and 6nm wafer starts at TSMC due to disappointing sales of its smartphone application processors, with the orders cutback likely to carry on into the...
Thursday 13 October 2022
TSMC cuts capex outlook after record 3Q22 profit
TSMC has revised downward its capex target this year after posting record net profits for the third quarter.
Tuesday 11 October 2022
TSMC capacity utilization for 7nm, mature nodes to fall in next 6 months
TSMC is expected to see its fab capacity utilization trending downward in the next six months, except for 5nm and 28nm process nodes, as order cuts by fabless clients are beginning...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
TSMC negotiating lower prices with suppliers
TSMC has started negotiating prices with its equipment and materials suppliers for 2023, eyeing price drops of at least 10%, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 7 September 2022
TSMC maintains high capacity utilization for 7nm process platform
TSMC continues to utilize over 95% of production capacity for its 7nm process platform, thanks to solid demand for N6, according to sources at IC design houses and fab toolmakers.
Monday 29 August 2022
Robust sub-7nm chip demand buoys Alchip 1H22 profits
Robust sub-7nm chip demand buoyed IC design service company Alchip Technologies' profit performance in the first half of 2022, when the company saw sales for HPC processor orders...
Thursday 11 August 2022
TSMC posts record July revenue
TSMC saw its July revenue hit a record high of NT$186.76 billion (US$6.23 billion), with revenue for the first seven months of 2022 rising 41% from a year ago to NT$1.21 trillion.
Wednesday 10 August 2022
Qualcomm sub-7nm chip orders boost TSMC sales
Sub-7nm chip orders from Qualcomm, in addition to Apple's, will drive TSMC's revenue growth in the second half of 2022 despite inventory corrections taking place at some major customers,...
Tuesday 2 August 2022
Tightened US ban on China chipmakers to have little impact on Taiwan
With the US tightening restrictions on China's access to chipmaking equipment, Taiwan-based fab tool suppliers engaged in the supply chain of SMIC and other China-based chipmakers...
Friday 22 July 2022
SMIC 7nm technology reportedly found in ASIC chips for cryptomining
TechInsights has claimed that Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) uses 7nm process technology to manufacture the MinerVa Bitcoin Miner SoC. The China-based foundry is...
Wednesday 20 July 2022
China IC designers score points in developing homegrown CPUs
China has witnessed rapid development of homegrown CPU chips in recent years, gradually stretching from single product development to ecosystem deployments looking to break the dominance...
Monday 18 July 2022
China revving up homegrown GPU development
GPU chips, with their powerful parallel computing capability and excellent programmability, are becoming an area of intense competition among semiconductor players, and many fabless...
Thursday 14 July 2022
TSMC expects even stronger growth for 2022
TSMC expects its third-quarter revenue in US dollar terms to grow about 11.2% at the midpoint. Revenue for all of 2022 in US dollar terms is forecast to register a 34-36% increase,...
Tuesday 5 July 2022
Intel on track to move Intel 4 process to volume production in 2H22
Intel 4, formally known as Intel's 7nm process, is on track to get ready for volume production in the second half of 2022, according to the chip vendor.
Friday 1 July 2022
TSMC sees clients scale back orders
TSMC has seen its major clients adjust downward their chip orders for the rest of 2022, which may prompt the pure-play foundry to cut its revenue outlook for 2022, according to industry...