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Monday 19 December 2022
New Japan chipmaker Rapidus faces challenges to mass produce 2nm chips by 2027
Japan's newly founded advanced chips manufacturing company Rapidus aims to develop 2nm chips mass production technology through cooperation with mainly the US and foray into the foundry...
Monday 19 December 2022
TSMC fab construction in Japan mainly requested by its largest client, says CEO CC Wei
TSMC's decision to build a fab in Japan, though not a low-cost place, was made mainly at the request of its largest client, as prioritizing customer needs has been always the foundry's...
Friday 16 December 2022
Foundries to have new 28nm fab capacities come online in 2023, 2024
Pure-play foundries including TSMC, United Microelectronics (UMC) and Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) are expected to have their additional 28nm fab capacities coming...
Thursday 15 December 2022
Law amendment to benefit more sectors than semiconductor in Taiwan, says economic minister
An amendment to the Statute for Industrial Innovation, drafted by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs and designed to provide higher tax incentives for R&D projects by local...
Thursday 15 December 2022
Semiconductor policy: Should Taiwan be cautious or bold?
TSMC is the guardian angel of Taiwan. It is not only setting a high bar for global industries, but also instilling confidence in the Taiwanese people and placing the country under...
Wednesday 14 December 2022
Samsung plans to add EUV team to Taylor site ahead of schedule to compete with TSMC
Samsung Electronics seems to be speeding up its efforts to fight back against TSMC in the US. Recently, it's been actively recruiting EUV talent, hoping to establish the EUV engineering...
Wednesday 14 December 2022
IC, materials distributors keen on diversifying biz deployments
Taiwan's ICs and materials distributors are keen on diversifying business deployments and product applications into fields such as biotech, healthcare, green energy and even device...
Wednesday 14 December 2022
TSMC yet to apply for further investment in US, say Taiwan officials
Taiwan's government has yet to receive the application from TSMC to increase its investment in Arizona to US$40 billion to build a second fab there, according to relevant officials...
Wednesday 14 December 2022
Taiwan to set up task force to protect critical technologies
Taiwan's government will form a "critical technology review" task force to prevent the outflows of related technologies essential to Taiwan's economic development and national security,...
Wednesday 14 December 2022
Chipmakers brace for weak 1H23
Foundries and IC design houses, particularly tier-2 players, are bracing for a weak first half of 2023 and may face a new wave of reshuffling that will challenge the industry, according...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
IC material distributor Topco expects impressive revenue gains in 2022
Topco Scientific, which distributes mainly silicon wafers, photoresist and other chipmaking materials, is on track to post notable revenue growth in 2022 despite the ongoing inventory...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Gelsinger's Taiwan visit a necessary step to secure Intel's ties with partners
Taiwan is the number-one producer of servers, and the servers produced by Taiwanese companies are used in data centers worldwide, with a 92%global market share. And despite the economic...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Arm executives meeting partners in Taiwan
Arm executives including EVP Drew Henry are currently in Taiwan meeting with local partners, such as TSMC and MediaTek, according to sources from the upstream supply chain familiar...
Monday 12 December 2022
Short of creativity and further deployment, Taiwan could lag behind China in IC design: Q&A with NYCU chair professor Chen Ke-Horng
The International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), the largest annual event for the IC design sector, will be held February 19-23, 2023 in San Francisco. A total of 23 papers...
Monday 12 December 2022
TSMC may see revenue fall 10-15%, 7nm capacity utilization slip to 50% in 1Q23
TSMC is estimated to experience a 10-15% sequential revenue fall for the first quarter of 2023, driven by a significant shrinkage in new orders for the first half of the year, and...