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Monday 27 October 2014
Foundry houses in Taiwan and China ramping 8-inch wafer capacity for IoT applications
Major wafer foundry houses in Taiwan and China are ramping up the capacity of their 8-inch fabs in order to grasp opportunities in the growing business opportunities derived from...
Monday 29 September 2014
China foundry houses wooing orders from Taiwan IC suppliers
China-based foundry houses, including Shanghai Huali Microelectronics, XMC and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), have stepped up efforts to solicit foundry...
Wednesday 24 September 2014
SMIC ready to begin OEM production of NAND flash chips
China-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is ready to enter OEM production of NAND flash chips, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 16 September 2014
China promoting development of MEMS industry
In view of strong demand for MEMS components from China-based smartphone vendors, the China government has been promoting the development of the local MEMS industry by teaming up...
Wednesday 3 September 2014
China to post highest growth in semiconductor manufacturing equipment spending in 2014
While Taiwan will remain globally the largest spender on semiconductor manufacturing equipment in 2014, the rise of the semiconductor industry in China will give the country the highest...
Tuesday 12 August 2014
More IC vendors seeking wafer production capacity at foundry houses other than TSMC
More fabless IC design houses are seeking wafer production capacity at Samsung Electronics, Globalfoundries, United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Friday 1 August 2014
UMC to ramp 28nm wafer capacity
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) plans to ramp up its capacity for 28nm 12-inch wafers to 12,000 units by the fourth quarter of 2014 and further expand to 25,000 units in...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
UMC to post single-digit revenue growth in 3Q14
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) is expected to post a sequential single-digit revenue growth in the third quarter of 2014, propelled by 28nm orders from smartphone solution...
Monday 21 July 2014
SMIC revises up 2Q14 gross margin guidance
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has announced an upward revision of its second quarter gross margin guidance for the three months ended June 30, 2014...
Friday 4 July 2014
SMIC to fabricate Qualcomm Snapdragon CPUs on 28nm process
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and Qualcomm have announced that the two firms will collaborate on 28nm wafer production process, and SMIC will manufacture...
Wednesday 2 July 2014
Chipset solution vendors seek 28nm capacity at UMC, Globalfoundries and SMIC
Chipset solution vendors including Qualcomm and MediaTek have continued to seek additional 28nm capacity at United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), Globalfoundries and, particularly,...
Monday 30 June 2014
SMIC establishes 12-inch CIS supply chain in China
The 12-inch color filter and microlens array production line of Toppan SMIC Electronics (Shanghai) (TSES), a joint venture between Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation...
Wednesday 25 June 2014
Wafer foundry houses to benefit from rising wearable device market
Wafer foundry houses including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) are expected to benefit from the rise of the wearable...
Friday 13 June 2014
UMC to expand foundry capacity to fend off competition from SMIC, say sources
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) will ramp up its capacity for 40nm processes in order to fend off increasing competition from China-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International...
Monday 26 May 2014
Foundry houses, IC design vendors vying for fingerprint sensor orders
Wafer foundry houses as well as more Taiwan-based IC vendors will vie for the growing fingerprint identification sensor orders from the smartphone sector in the second half of 2014,...