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Monday 6 December 2021
Industry watch: It's hard to tell friends from foes
When developing its advanced packaging technology, what's TSMC's bigger concern: its own competitiveness or the feelings of other packaging firms? In the past, Intel made motherboards...
Monday 6 December 2021
Supply of automotive chips improves in November, December
The global supply of automotive chips has increased in November and December after months of shortages, allowing automakers and downstream parts suppliers to begin normalizing some...
Friday 3 December 2021
Taiwan ranked largest semiconductor equipment market in 3Q21
Worldwide semiconductor equipment billings increased 8% sequentially and a robust 38% on year to US$26.8 billion in the third quarter of 2021, according to SEMI. The quarter also...
Friday 3 December 2021
Intel executives soon to visit TSMC for 3nm
High-level executives of Intel will pay a visit to Taiwan in mid-December and meet TSMC to discuss the US vendor's demanded 3nm chip capacity, according to industry sources.
Friday 3 December 2021
Qualcomm to diversify foundry sources for flagship SoCs
Unsatisfactory manufacturing yield rates for Samsung's 4nm process technology are prompting Qualcomm to diversify its foundry sources for high-end Snapdragon SoCs, industry sources...
Friday 3 December 2021
ASE obtains major orders for new Qualcomm mobile SoC
Taiwan's leading backend house ASE Technology and its affiliate Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) have obtained major orders for processing Qualcomm's just-unveiled flagship...
Friday 3 December 2021
FCCL maker Taiflex to invest over NT$2 billion in capacity expansion
Taiwan's FCCL specialist Taiflex Scientific has disclosed plans to invest more than NT$2 billion (US$72 million) in expanding production capacities at its plants in China and Taiwan...
Friday 3 December 2021
PCB maker TLB to build factory in Vietnam in 2022
South Korean PCB maker is setting up a subsidiary in Vietnam this year and building its first manufacturing facility outside Korea, according to The Elec.
Friday 3 December 2021
SiFive unveils new RISC-V processor P650
SiFive has announced the availability of its P650 processor, a new addition to its Performance family, which it said is expected to be the fastest licensable RISC-V processor IP core...
Friday 3 December 2021
Micron seeking 28nm process capacity support from UMC
Micron Technology's recently-unveiled deal with pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) is to secure sufficient 28nm fab capacity for its eMMC device controller suppliers,...
Thursday 2 December 2021
Highlights of the day: TSMC begins 3nm pilot production
TSMC has started pilot production of chips using its N3 process, and is on track to move the 3nm process to volume...
Thursday 2 December 2021
Synaptics to deepen deployments in AIoT for digital transformation
Synaptics, optimistic about business opportunities arising from digital transformation, is stepping up efforts to expand product portfolios and strengthen deployments in AIoT solutions,...
Thursday 2 December 2021
Will Samsung 3nm GAA process win over major TSMC clients?
Samsung Electronics has been actively pursuing 3nm GAA chip orders, with speculation that AMD and Qualcomm could be among the first customers of its newer foundry process technology...
Thursday 2 December 2021
ASE to sell part of factory operations in China
OSAT company ASE Technology has disclosed plans to sell part of its factory operations in China for over US$1 billion.
Thursday 2 December 2021
DDI backend firms see demand for large-size panels pick up
Display driver IC (DDI) backend specialists including ChipMOS Technologies and Chipbond Technology have seen demand for large-size panels pick up since the fourth quarter of 2021,...