The chip market is facing a wave of price increases, with IDM companies issuing hike notices and foundries preparing to raise prices for the 8-inch wafer process amid current supply-demand...
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan has yet to review the 2026 central government budget amid political deadlock, but lawmakers have raised concerns over China's massive subsidies and capacity...
The global foundry industry is undergoing a structural shift, and it is emerging first in mature process nodes once widely considered oversupplied. SMIC stated on February 11 that...
Surging demand for artificial intelligence servers and high-performance computing (HPC) has tightened capacity across the semiconductor supply chain. For many small South Korean communications...
TSMC chairman C.C. Wei confirmed adjustments in 8-inch and mature process capacities to improve efficiency, with Samsung also cutting 8-inch output. Despite these reductions and price...
TSMC is undertaking significant upgrades at its existing 8-inch and 12-inch fabrication facilities that process chips at 90nm and above, while accelerating expansion for cutting-edge...
The global 8-inch wafer foundry market has entered a price upcycle. Foundries, including SMIC and Hua Hong Semiconductor, along with major Taiwanese and South Korean mature-node players,...
The semiconductor industry is witnessing a shift in the competitive dynamics of the mature process segment, with the intense price wars that had been predicted to escalate in 2025...
Japan and India are accelerating plans to relocate production of legacy semiconductor and LCD technologies to India, aiming to reduce dependence on China and strengthen economic se...
China's semiconductor industry continues to expand capacity in mature process chips while strengthening self-production of AI chips, especially as the Chinese AI sector gained momentum...
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) is set to announce the results of the Section 232 investigations within the next two weeks, a potential cornerstone event for chip tariffs. The...
China's continued investment in mature semiconductor foundry capacity has become a focal point in the industry. Many worry that China's mature process output could flood global markets,...
The recent increase in mature process DRAM prices is expected to boost Samsung Electronics' DRAM business revenue, offsetting the sluggishness in its high bandwidth memory (HBM) business...
UMC, a leading foundry, held its shareholders' meeting on May 28, 2025. Chief financial officer Chi-Tung Liu pointed out that due to significant impacts from tariffs and exchange rate...
