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Friday 25 September 2020
Globalfoundries announces new 22FDX+ platform
Globalfoundries has announced the next generation of its FDX platform, 22FDX+, designed to meet the ever-growing need for higher performance and ultra-low power requirements of connected...
Tuesday 8 September 2020
Possible SMIC blacklisting may reshape pure-play foundry landscape
The potential blacklisting of SMIC, China's largest pure-play foundry, by the US government may shake up the second-tier pure-play foundry market segment.
Thursday 20 August 2020
Episil sources GaN, SiC epitaxial wafer materials from GlobalWafers
Episil Holdings has disclosed that subsidiary Episil-Precision is among GlobalWafers' customers looking to expand its gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafer...
Friday 10 July 2020
UMC, VIS see 2Q20 revenue hit record highs
Pure-play foundries United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) both saw their consolidated revenues hit record-high levels of NT$44.39 billion (US$1.51...
Friday 10 July 2020
Imec, GF claim breakthrough in AI chip
Imec and Globalfoundries (GF) have jointly announced a hardware demonstration of a new artificial intelligence chip. Based on Imec's analog in memory computing (AiMC) architecture...
Wednesday 1 July 2020
GF rolls out 12LP+ FinFET process
Globalfoundries has announced its most advanced FinFET solution, 12LP+, which is ready for production. The differentiated 12LP+ solution is optimized for artificial intelligence (AI)...
Tuesday 30 June 2020
GF to acquire land adjacent to NY fab
Globalfoundries announced recently it has secured a purchase option agreement for approximately 66 acres of undeveloped land adjacent to its most advanced manufacturing facility,...
Wednesday 3 June 2020
SMIC in no position to challenge TSMC, Samsung in next 5 years
China's major homegrown foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) is gearing up to raise funds to support its development of advanced manufacturing nodes, but...
Monday 25 May 2020
Globalfoundries to implement ITAR and strict security assurances at New York fab
Globalfoundries has announced plans to implement export control security measures at its most advanced manufacturing facility, Fab 8, in Malta, New York. GF will bring its Fab 8 facility...
Monday 18 May 2020
Samsung, Globalfoundries to see growing threat from TSMC
TSMC has an over 50% of the global pure-play foundry market, and the establishment of its new US fab could pose a further threat to Samsung's foundry operations and Globalfoundries,...
Tuesday 12 May 2020
No specific plans yet for US fab, says TSMC
TSMC has always been evaluating potential locations for an advanced wafer fab overseas, including the US, but no specific plans have been put in place yet, according to the pure-play...
Wednesday 29 April 2020
VIS to see revenue hit another record high in 2Q20
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects to post revenue growth of 2-7% sequentially in the second quarter, thanks to robust demand for power management...
Friday 10 April 2020
VIS posts record 1Q20 revenues
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has reported record revenues of NT$7.84 billion (US$260.9 million) for the first quarter of 2020, up 13.6% on year...
Monday 2 March 2020
Globalfoundries delivers production-ready eMRAM on 22FDX platform for IoT and auto apps
Globalfoundries announced recently that its embedded magnetoresistive non-volatile memory (eMRAM) on the company's 22nm FD-SOI (22FDX) platform has entered production. The foundry...
Wednesday 26 February 2020
GF, GlobalWafers sign deal for 300mm SOI wafers
Specialty foundry Globalfoundries and GlobalWafers, among the world's top-3 silicon wafer producer, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop a long-term supply agreement...