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Friday 15 June 2018
IC designers vying hard for 8-inch foundry support despite quote hikes
Despite foundry quotes at 8-inch fabs in Taiwan and China to see 20-30% hikes in the third quarter of 2018, IC design houses across the Taiwan Straits are gearing up to vie for foundry...
Friday 1 June 2018
Foundries eyeing AI chip orders with advanced process technologies
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), and the China-based production subsidiaries of both Globalfoundries and United Microelectronics (UMC) are looking to expand their...
Tuesday 29 May 2018
Second-tier IC foundries mulling 20-30% price hike
Second-tier IC foundries based in China and Taiwan are planning to hike quotes for 8-inch capacity by 20-30% in the third quarter of 2018, according to sources in the Taiwan IC design...
Thursday 24 May 2018
China IC industry output value increases 21% in 1Q18
China's IC industry output value grew 20.8% from a year earlier to CNY115.29 billion (US$18.1 billion) in the first quarter of 2018, according to statistics released by the China...
Thursday 24 May 2018
Silicon wafer price uptrend to carry into 2020
Silicon wafer prices are estimated to further rise 20% on average in 2018 after posting the same size of hike in 2017 on robust market demand, and the quotes are expected to trend...
Thursday 24 May 2018
Three China foundries gearing up for transition to sub-10nm process technology
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and Huali Microelectronics, and memory foundry specialist Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) are all gearing up for transition to...
Friday 11 May 2018
SMIC to start risk production of 14nm FinFET process in 1H19
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), the largest China-based foundry house, will kick off risk production of its 14nm FinFET process and venture into the AI (artificial...
Thursday 10 May 2018
SMIC 1Q18 revenues miss guidance
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has reported revenues for the first quarter of 2018 reached US$831 million, up 5.6% sequentially and...
Thursday 10 May 2018
Orders from CSOT, SMIC to boost Nova 2Q18 revenues
Nova technology has started recognizing revenues generated from equipment orders placed by China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) and Semiconductor Manufacturing International...
Friday 4 May 2018
SMIC participates in China government-led IC investment fund
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has teamed up with China's National Semiconductor Industry Investment Fund (aka the Big Fund), IPV Global...
Friday 27 April 2018
Nova China subsidiary to double production capacity
Taiwan-based Nova Technology, which specializes in services of water, gas and chemical process systems, has seen its China-based units run at full capacity utilization rates, according...
Monday 23 April 2018
8-inch wafer capacity to remain tight by 2020 on explosive IoT demand
As IoT (Internet of Things) chips currently rely largely on 8-inch wafer fabs for fabrication, the increasing demand for such chips will keep such fabs in Taiwan and China running...
Wednesday 18 April 2018
Clean room specialist Acter enjoys clear order visibility through 1H19
Taiwan's clean room engineering specialist Acter has reported clear order visibility through the first half of 2019 thanks to robust demand from overseas semiconductor firms and LCD...
Monday 16 April 2018
Competition heats up in advanced IC process, equipment deployments
Top semiconductor players Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Samsung Electronics and Intel are engaged in increasingly fierce competition not only in developing advanced...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
GigaDevice chips adopted for new Samsung flagship phone, says report
China-based NOR flash memory firm GigaDevice Semiconductor has entered the supply chain for Samsung's new flagship smartphone with its serial flash chips, according to a report by...
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