Japan has officially announced that it will tighten controls on exports of 23 types of semiconductor equipment to China starting July 23. How the new trade curbs will impact Chinese...

China's top foundry SMIC unexpectedly removed 14nm process service from its webstie home page, and its co-CEO Liang Mong Song, the key figure in charge of the company's development...

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), the leading chip foundry company in China, is missing out on the opportunity brought by chiplet technologies, as Beijing Municipal...

China's tech giant Huawei and top semiconductor foundry SMIC apparently adopt different approaches against US chip curbs. The former has just announced its successful development...

Amid the US's efforts to contain China's semiconductor ambitions, China has seen its production of integrated circuits begin to recover, implying both the stabilized Chinese economy...

At its first-quarter 2023 earnings call on May 12, SMIC's top officials remain tight-lipped about the pure-play foundry's advanced manufacturing processes, be it 7nm or 14nm. Apart...

Zhao Haijun, the co-CEO of SMIC, expects the company to see 5–7% quarter-over-quarter growth in 2Q23 sales as urgent orders from Chinese clients drove capacity utilization of...

China-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has reported its gross margin slid to 20.8% in the first quarter of 2023 from 32% in the prior quarter, due to lower wafer...

Nova Technology (Novatech), which specializes in chemical and gas equipment used in the semiconductor and display industries, expects to generate another annual revenue growth in...

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...

SMIC and other Chinese pure-play foundries have recently seen dramatic decreases in fab utilization rates, according to sources at fab toolmakers.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has gained advanced chip orders shifted from Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and other China-based foundries, which...

China is looking to develop its own IC standard specs, which Taiwan-based IC design firms perceive as a challenge.

China intends to put its focus on mature-node manufacturing for ICs instead of process miniaturization, aiming to elaborate innovation to boost the country's homegrown chipmaking...

While China is moving at full throttle toward the 'domestic substitution' goal for semiconductor equipment and materials, Chinese customers are also frantically placing orders or...