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Thursday 13 July 2023
Chinese IC equipment maker AMEC wins lawsuit against Lam Research
China's leading semiconductor equipment maker Advanced Micro-fabrication Equipment (AMEC) recently has announced its winning a final court judgment in Shanghai in a lawsuit involving...
Thursday 13 July 2023
Why Taiwan semiconductor firms refrain from enforcing layoffs amid market headwinds
Despite significant sales shrinkages amid lingering economic downturns and market headwinds, there have been no significant layoffs among nearly all the upstream and downstream players...
Thursday 13 July 2023
TSMC fab expansion in Taiwan critical for preserving supply chain advantage
The continuous expansion of TSMC's fab in Taiwan, home to the world's largest pure-play foundry, is essential for preserving the country's supply chain advantages, according to industry...
Thursday 13 July 2023
Intel's customized Gaudi 2 chips for China very likely to be made by TSMC 7 nm process
Intel unveiled its Gaudi 2 China Special Edition deep learning processor in Beijing on July 11 and received almost unanimous praise from Chinese media outlets. In addition to mentioning...
Tuesday 11 July 2023
TSMC's second fab in Kumamoto to start construction in April, 2024 – Report
Japanese media Nikkan Kogyo reported that TSMC has drawn up a plan to start construction of a second wafer fab in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, from April 2024 onwards. The location...
Tuesday 11 July 2023
Foxconn remains committed to expanding chip business in India
Foxconn Technology (Hon Hai Precision Technology) has announced that the joint ventures it set up with the Vedanta Group in India would become wholly owned by Vedanta, with Foxconn...
Monday 10 July 2023
TSMC's 2Q23 revenue reached NT$480.8 billion, close to the high end of forecast
Due to ongoing order adjustments from multiple clients, including MediaTek, TSMC's revenue in June 2023 was NT$1564.04 billion (approx. US$49.82 billion), a decrease of 11.4% compared...
Monday 10 July 2023
Taiwan enhancing semiconductor ecosystem, expecting IC output to top NT$6 trillion by 2030
Taiwan's annual semiconductor output value is projected to surpass NT$6 trillion (US$191.45 billion) by 2030 from NT$4.2 trillion estimated for 2023 for a double-digit CAGR during...
Monday 10 July 2023
TSMC demand buoys MSScorps 2Q23 revenue
IC analysis and inspection lab Material Science Service (MSScorps) witnessed a double-digit sequential revenue spike in the second quarter, with revenue for the first half of 2023...
Monday 10 July 2023
TSMC seeing more orders from China-based AI chip suppliers
Despite intensifying tension between the US and China that may lead to more restrictions on AI GPUs against China, China-based AI chip design houses are expanding their chip orders...
Friday 7 July 2023
Google's customized Tensor chip reportedly to be produced by TSMC in 2025
Google was scheduled to launch the first fully customized Tensor chip for its Pixel smartphones in 2024, but it has reportedly postponed the plan to 2025 and is said to be planning...
Friday 7 July 2023
AMD to secure available CoWoS packaging capacity at TSMC
One of AMD CEO Lisa Su's priorities for her planned mid-July visit to Taiwan will be securing TSMC's available CoWoS packaging capacity, according to sources with knowledge of the...
Friday 7 July 2023
Frontend manufacturing yield crucial for Samsung advanced packaging competitiveness
Samsung Electronics plans to apply its in-house developed advanced packaging technology in 3nm GAA process manufacturing by 2025, but frontend manufacturing yields continue to play...
Thursday 6 July 2023
TSMC offers advice to automakers from a foundry's perspective
At the 27th Automotive Electronics Congress in Ludwigsburg, Germany, Paul de Bot, General Manager of TSMC Europe, shared how the world's most advanced foundry views the automotive...
Wednesday 5 July 2023
Nvidia reportedly mulls outsourcing partial AI GPU production to Samsung
Nvidia is reportedly mulling outsourcing a portion of its AI GPUs to Samsung Electronics for fabrication amid increasingly tight capacity supply from TSMC. Industry observers noted...