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Friday 12 January 2024
TSMC accelerates digital management to address fab expansion challenges
TSMC's goal towards comprehensive digital management for its facilities (fac) and fabs is gathering pace, helping the company better address challenges in overseas expansions, according...
Thursday 11 January 2024
TSMC sees 2023 revenue beat forecast
Pure-play foundry TSMC has announced revenue decreased 4.5% year on year to NT$2.16 trillion (US$69.5 billion) in 2023, compared to its previous prediction of a 10% decline in US...
Wednesday 10 January 2024
GUC taped out UCIe 32G IP using TSMC 3nm and CoWoS technology
Global Unichip Corp. (GUC), the Advanced ASIC Leader, announced today that it has successfully taped out Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) PHY IP with 32Gbps per lane,...
Wednesday 10 January 2024
TSMC continues expanding CoWoS packaging capacity
TSMC continues to expand its CoWoS packaging capacity despite recent market rumors suggesting Nvidia has scaled back its orders with the foundry for 2024, according to industry sou...
Tuesday 9 January 2024
Incoming ASML CEO to visit TSMC, likely to seek orders for High-NA EUV tools
Christophe Fouquet, who has been named ASML's next CEO, will fly to Taiwan to meet with TSMC CEO CC Wei later this week before heading to Samsung Electronics' headquarters in South...
Monday 8 January 2024
TEL boosts new hire salaries by 40%, aims to tackle work conditions for female staff in semiconductor industry
Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL), a prominent Japan-based semiconductor equipment manufacturer, is set to raise the salaries of all new employees by approximately 40% starting in April...
Monday 8 January 2024
Weekly news roundup: Ex-TSMC vice chairman recalls "frenemy" ties with Intel and other top stories
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories during the first week of 2024 (Jan 2-Jan 5):
Friday 5 January 2024
Christian Koitzsch to become TSMC's first Europe JV head
Former Bosch Semiconductor plant manager Christian Koitzsch confirmed that he is now president of TSMC's European subsidiary, European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC)
Friday 5 January 2024
Market cap performance of TSMC, Intel, UMC, and ASE show GenAI influence
Generative AI was behind Nvidia's 240% surge in market cap in 2023, and the effect also trickled down to foundry manufacturers and packaging & testing service providers in the...
Friday 5 January 2024
TSMC outlook, global fab deployments to draw market attention at upcoming investor meeting
TSMC will host an investor meeting on January 18, marking the return of its physical conference after nearly four years of conference calls. The upcoming investor meeting will be...
Tuesday 2 January 2024
Chipmakers see limited impact from recent Japan earthquake
A massive earthquake rocked the Noto area of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on January 1, 2024. It was Japan's third most powerful earthquake since 2010. The primary cities hit were...
Tuesday 2 January 2024
Intel's outsourcing was a ruse from the start, says former TSMC vice chairman
In 1989, Intel initially contracted TSMC to manufacture its products. F.C. Tseng, former vice chairman of TSMC, stated at a public event in Taiwan, "I knew this was Intel's conspiracy...
Tuesday 2 January 2024
2023 sees Nvidia reign as top chip company by market cap, Broadcom surpasses TSMC to claim second place
Over the past year, the global semiconductor industry has experienced lackluster demands in the downstream electronics sector. AI and geopolitical uncertainties have been driving...
Tuesday 2 January 2024
Weekly news roundup: Three major chip equipment makers set up R&D centers in Taiwan and other top stories
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories during the last week of 2023 (Dec 25-Dec 29):
Friday 29 December 2023
Semiconductor industry caught between two superpowers and AI
When reviewing the semiconductor industry in 2023, the complex US-China tech war has become an unavoidable topic for the industry's development. Over the past few years, the Biden...