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Wednesday 7 June 2023
Edge AI market to take off, say IC design houses
The market for edge AI computing devices is poised to enter a period of expansion, according to sources at IC design houses.
Tuesday 6 June 2023
TSMC rushes to increase packaging capacity for Nvidia AI chips
TSMC has placed rush orders for CoWoS packaging equipment in order to meet surging demand for Nvidia's AI chips, according to sources at fab toolmakers.
Monday 5 June 2023
TSMC planning 3–6% price hike starting in 2024
TSMC is contemplating a 3 to 6 percent price increase for its advanced process manufacturing beginning in January 2024, according to sources at IC design houses. The price increases...
Friday 2 June 2023
ASE intros FOCoS-Bridge for AI and HPC chips
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has announced its latest fan-out-chip-on-substrate-bridge (FOCoS-Bridge) technology innovation, which involved qualifying a large 70x78mm...
Friday 2 June 2023
Unimicron to build new IC substrate plant for AI applications
Taiwan's leading IC substrate maker Unimicron Technology will invest NT$30 billion (US$981.03 million) to set up a new plant in Taiwan dedicated to production of IC substrates with...
Friday 26 May 2023
AI chip boom to drive TSMC revenue growth in 2023
A boost in demand for AI chips may help TSMC sustain its annual revenue increase this year, according to market observers.
Monday 22 May 2023
Major customers confident about TSMC 2nm GAA process
Almost all of TSMC's top-10 customers have readied plans to adopt the foundry's 2nm GAA-FET (gate-all-around field-effect transistor) process technology, to be commercialized in 2025...
Thursday 18 May 2023
Edge AI chip competition heating up
The ChatGPT-triggered AI hype has attracted many IC vendors. Startup firms say they are now feeling the pressure from major IC design houses, such as MediaTek, Novatek and Realtek,...
Thursday 11 May 2023
Nvidia places additional orders requiring TSMC CoWoS
Nvidia has placed additional orders for AI chips that require TSMC's CoWoS (chip on wafer on substrate) packaging, according to industry sources.
Friday 5 May 2023
AIGC wave prompts major Chinese internet companies to speed chip development
With the rise of AI-generated content (AIGC) in 2023, major players in the tech sector are joining the ranks of AI chip manufacturing one after another. Not only are international...
Thursday 4 May 2023
China AI chip developers swing to profits, but Cambricon still in the red
China's major AI chip developers have reported significant profit results for 2022 operations. The only exception is Cambricon Technologies, which was still mired in heavy losses.
Thursday 4 May 2023
Shanghai on track to incentivize investments in semicondutor, AI sectors
The Shanghai Municipal Government has just announced a set of policy measures to strengthen the development of modernized industrial systems, offering subsidies to encourage more...
Thursday 4 May 2023
Taiwan IC design houses eye LLM opportunities
The rapid deployment of large language models (LLM) is fueling the overall AI trend. After witnessing the growth of LLM applications such as ChatGPT, Taiwan-based IC design houses...
Tuesday 2 May 2023
Facing uncertain outlook, MediaTek sets strategy of prioritizing profits
MediaTek was extremely cautious at its earnings call when announcing its prospect expectations, confirming recent market observations. The overall operations in the second quarter...
Friday 28 April 2023
Chinese firms keen to acquire smaller Korean IC designers to sidestep US curbs
Chinese companies and funds reportedly have become keen to acquire or invest in small- and medium-size IC design houses in South Korea, or directly set up R&D branch offices there,...