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Friday 12 November 2021
UMC to raise foundry prices by another 10% in 1Q22
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) is poised to make another 10% upward adjustment in its foundry quotes starting the first quarter of 2022, according to sources at IC...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Analog IC firm GMT striving for more foundry capacity
Taiwan-based Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), a supplier of analog and power management (PWM) ICs, will continue striving for more available capacities at foundries to support...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Highlight of the day: TI reportedly slow in expanding production
Pure-play foundry houses have been keen on expanding fab capacity, but the notebook industry continues to see serious chip shortage. Some industry sources are blaming Texas...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Networking device makers expect chip shortage to persist in 2022
ICs manufactured with mature process nodes, particularly power management ICs (PMIC), MOSFET and Wi-Fi chips, are expected to remain in short supply until the middle of 2022, according...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Industry watch: 'I lose interest in the work right after the premiere'
Entrepreneurs love adventures. The destination of a journey is the inception of another. Look at it in another way: Real entrepreneurs never stop innovating. They enjoy the process...
Thursday 11 November 2021
IC shortage unlikely to ease until TI ramps up output
The global IC shortage is unlikely to ease until Texas Instruments scales up its output, according to sources in the notebook industry, which see supply-side constraints caused mainly...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
UMC posts record October revenues
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its revenues hit a record high of NT$19.16 billion (US$690.4 million) in October 2021, whereas fellow companies TSMC and Vanguard...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Semiconductor material distributors remain upbeat about demand
Despite a recent cutback in demand for large-size display driver ICs, Taiwan-based IC material distributors remain upbeat about the overall demand that will buoy their sales performance...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
TSMC to enjoy robust HPC processor demand in data-driven era
TSMC is set to enjoy robust demand for HPC processors in the data-driven world of 5G, AI and the metaverse, as the foundry's advanced sub-7nm process manufacturing attracts orders...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Nan Ya PCB to expand ABF substrate capacity in Taiwan
Nan Ya PCB has disclosed plans to invest NT$8.4 billion (US$302.9 million) in building additional ABF substrate production lines at its factory site in Shulin, New Taipei.
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Innolux, HannStar Display October panel shipments down sequentially
Innolux shipped12.04 million large-size TFT-LCD panels and 24.59 million small- to medium-size ones in October, decreasing 7.1% and 15.1% respectively on month, while HannStar Display...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
TSMC, Sony to form JV foundry in Japan
TSMC and Sony Semiconductor Solutions (SSS) have jointly announced plans to establish a joint-venture foundry in Kumamoto, Japan to initially provide 22nm and 28nm process manufacturing...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Industry watch: The era of market equilibrium is gone
In 2001, the PC-centric industrial structure started to evolve to a new era of mobile communication constituted by PCs, mobile phones and netcom products. The booming manufacturing...
Tuesday 9 November 2021
Highlights of the day: Samsung phasing out low-density DRAM
Samsung is looking to phase out its DDR3 production in two years to focus more on making CMOS image sensors that offer...
Tuesday 9 November 2021
Macronix posts record October revenue
ROM and flash memory chipmaker Macronix International saw its revenue hit a record high for the seventh consecutive quarter in October 2021, while revenue at fellow flash company...