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.
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...
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has announced its latest fan-out-chip-on-substrate-bridge (FOCoS-Bridge) technology innovation, which involved qualifying a large 70x78mm...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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.
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...
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...
MediaTek was extremely cautious at its earnings call when announcing its prospect expectations, confirming recent market observations. The overall operations in the second quarter...
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,...