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Tuesday 6 October 2020
IC substrate makers to stay put in Taiwan for capacity expansions
Taiwan-based IC substrate makers including Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology are being discouraged from making further investments in China by the...
Tuesday 6 October 2020
SPIL sells China subsidiary on Huawei woes
ASE Technology Holding has announced that Siliconware Electronics (Fujian), a wholly-owned subsidiary in China of its member firm Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), has been...
Monday 5 October 2020
SMIC says suppliers follow US export restrictions
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has seen several of its suppliers for raw materials, equipment, parts and components start following export restrictions imposed by...
Wednesday 30 September 2020
UMC-affiliated IC design firms queuing up for capacity support
Many Taiwan-based IC design houses affiliated with United Microelectronics (UMC) are facing the pressure of being marginalized in scrambling for the firm's foundry support, as major...
Wednesday 30 September 2020
China memory chipmakers could be next US trade ban target
With Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) at risk of being blacklisted by the US government, concerns are growing about whether China-based memory chipmakers ChangXin...
Tuesday 29 September 2020
US sanctions on SMIC could further disrupt notebook components supply
If the US imposes trade sanctions against SMIC - the largest China-based pure-play foundry - the already tight global supply of notebook components could worsen, according to industry...
Tuesday 29 September 2020
Chip vendors striving to get foundry support
Increasingly tight 8-inch and 12-inch foundry capacity and resultant foundry quote hikes have posed mixed impacts on chip vendors in Taiwan, with second-tier ones struggling to get...
Tuesday 29 September 2020
Taiwan foundries to hike quotes for 8-inch capacity
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries will raise their 8-inch foundry quotes by more than 15% starting the first quarter of 2021, according to industry sources.
Monday 28 September 2020
Taiwan IC design houses see demand for smartphones pick up
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen orders from Android phone vendors start pulling in, and are more upbeat about their sales outlook for the fourth quarter of 2020.
Monday 21 September 2020
Qualcomm seeking to shift orders from SMIC, says report
Executives at Qualcomm have paid visits to Taiwan-based pure-play foundries for the purpose of securing capacity support if deliveries from China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International...
Wednesday 16 September 2020
China chipmakers suspend shipments to Huawei
China-based chipmakers have quietly suspended their shipments to Huawei, as well as the joint development projects they had been working with the Chinese vendor, amid concerns about...
Friday 11 September 2020
US ban on SMIC may result in severe shortages of NOR flash
A US ban on China's pure-play foundry SMIC, a supplier to GigaDevice, might lead to severe shortages of NOR flash memory, according to Macronix International chairman Miin Wu.
Thursday 10 September 2020
IC design houses brace for impact of possible US ban on SMIC
Taiwan-based fabless chipmakers, with many of them contracting SMIC to manufacture their chips supplied to the Chinese market, are mulling shifting orders away from the China-based...
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.
Monday 7 September 2020
China gearing up development of third-generation semiconductors
China is poised to step up developing third-generation semiconductors including SiC and GaN materials for wide-ranging applications including new 5G communications, energy vehicles...