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Tuesday 20 September 2022
Semiconductor probe card suppliers may see earnings erode in 2023
Companies specializing in probe cards for wafer tests and load boards for final tests may see their profits erode in 2023 as chipmakers including foundry TSMC and fabless firm MediaTek...
Tuesday 20 September 2022
Incomplete factory engineering supply chain could slow new fab construction in Europe, US
Incomplete factory engineering industry supply chains, as well as insufficient manpower, could slow the construction of new wafer fabs in Europe and the US, according to industry...
Monday 19 September 2022
MediaTek to mass produce HPC chips with CoWoS tech in 2023
MediaTek is set to mass produce its new HPC chips at TSMC in 2023 using advanced process node and CoWoS (chip on wafer on substrate) packaging technology, according to backend supply...
Monday 19 September 2022
Samsung's ups and downs (4): The manufacturing capability of Samsung's foundry biz
In 2020, Samsung Electronics had a monthly capacity of 260,000 wafers for its 8-inch and 12-inch fabrication each, which increased to 265,000 and 325,000 respectively in 2021. It...
Monday 19 September 2022
The making of TSMC and its ecosystem
Usually a low-key company that has always been adhering to its principle of not engaging in competition with clients, TSMC is being drawn into the limelight for its dominant position...
Friday 16 September 2022
Chip autonomy, regionalization become the undertone of Semicon Taiwan 2022
As visitors return to Taipei's exhibition halls for the semiconductor industry's annual event, Semicon Taiwan 2022, browsing as usual through the hundreds of exhibitors specialized...
Friday 16 September 2022
TSMC urges companies to build automotive IC buffer stock now
Cars will require more chips as they become electrified and intelligent. A TSMC executive on Thursday said companies should build their inventory for automotive ICs now as the chip...
Friday 16 September 2022
Fab toolmakers remain upbeat about demand from TSMC
With TSMC poised to carry out its capacity expansion projects in Taiwan and overseas on schedule, fab toolmakers remain upbeat about demand from the pure-play foundry, according to...
Friday 16 September 2022
Car OEMs should work closely with foundries, says TSMC executive
Automotive OEMs should work closely with IDM and pure-play foundries and consider building "buffer stocks" to ensure their stable supply, according to Ming-Cheng Lin, director of...
Friday 16 September 2022
ASE, TSMC team up for silicon photonics
ASE Technology is partnering with TSMC on the development of silicon photonics (SiPh), and has cut into the supply chain of Tier-1 chip vendors for co-packaged optics (CPO) products,...
Thursday 15 September 2022
Taiwan reactivates overseas tech talent recruitment campaign
As part of its efforts to ease serious domestic talent shortage, the government in Taiwan has recently reactivated its overseas recruitment campaign, which was earlier interrupted...
Thursday 15 September 2022
Semiconductor firms TSMC and TEL go all out to get talent
As semiconductor companies are busy building new fabs in Asia and also in Europe and the US, talent shortage is becoming a big headache. How desperate are semiconductor companies...
Wednesday 14 September 2022
Former TSMC R&D chief expresses optimism as Samsung and Intel intensify competition
Burn J Lin, a former TSMC vice president best known for his pioneering work on immersion lithography, has lately offered a dose of optimism towards the Taiwanese foundry's future,...
Tuesday 13 September 2022
Equipment makers Gudeng and Symtek see brisk order visibility through 2023
Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer specialized in mask solutions and wafer handling tools, and automation equipment maker Symtek Automation...
Tuesday 13 September 2022
Nvidia and TSMC partner to develop silicon photonics solutions, sources say
TSMC is involved in an R&D project led by Nvidia to use its silicon photonic (SiPh) integration technology called COUPE (compact universal photonic engine) for graphics hardware...