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Thursday 12 January 2023
PSMC chair urges Taiwan government to subsidize smaller chipmakers
Government subsidies should encourage not only TSMC but also its smaller peers looking to accelerate their growth strategies, according to Frank Huang, chairman of Taiwan-based Powerchip...
Thursday 12 January 2023
TSMC 5nm capacity utilization to drop in 1Q23
TSMC will see its capacity utilization for 5/4nm process nodes slide from 90% to 70% in the first quarter of 2023, due to cutbacks in orders from Apple and AMD, according to industry...
Wednesday 11 January 2023
Taiwan passes Climate Change Response Act to levy carbon fees as soon as 2024
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan passed the third reading of the 'Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management Act' amendment and renamed it the 'Climate Change Response Act' on January 10, specifying...
Wednesday 11 January 2023
Oppo set to mass produce own handset AP with 4nm process in 3Q23
Oppo is gearing up for volume production of its in-house developed smartphone application processor in the third quarter of 2023, reportedly to be carried out at TSMC with 4nm process...
Wednesday 11 January 2023
TSMC obtains 3nm chip orders from Broadcom
Broadcom has placed 3nm chip orders with TSMC, joining Apple, Qualcomm, MediaTek, Nvidia and AMD in queue for the foundry's N3 and N3E process manufacturing, according to sources...
Tuesday 10 January 2023
TSMC reports double-digit MoM decline for December 2022 revenues
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd (TSMC) announced net revenue of NT$192.56 billion for December 2022 on January 10, down 13.5% from November 2022.
Monday 9 January 2023
Foundries manage to resist despite client calls for price reduction
In response to rapid market downturn since mid-2022, there have been market rumors that foundries in Taiwan have revised their quotes downward quarter by quarter. However, the reality...
Friday 6 January 2023
Japanese manufacturers seize the opportunities of back-end processes
Japanese semiconductor equipment suppliers Canon, Ulvac, Advantest, and material maker Sumitomo Bakelite are accelerating the R&D of back-end process products. Rapidus, a chip...
Friday 6 January 2023
TSMC, GF to be main AMD foundry partners
TSMC and GlobalFoundries are expected to remain AMD's main foundry partners through 2025, while Samsung Electronics has secured only 14nm chip orders for the processor vendor's APU...
Friday 6 January 2023
TSMC, GlobalWafers to receive substantial subsidies for US plants
Both TSMC and GlobalWafers should receive substantial government subsidies for their new US plants to cover the costs of operating the sites, according to sources at semiconductor...
Thursday 5 January 2023
Market Cap 100: 2022 a year not for the faint-hearted
DIGITIMES Asia released the "2023 Asia Supply Chain (ASC) Top 100 Market Cap Companies Ranking" on Jan 5, based on the market capitalizations of publicly-listed information communications...
Thursday 5 January 2023
Market Cap 100: TSMC retains top-ranked status
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) retains its top-ranking status in the Asia Supply Chain Market Cap 100 ranking conducted by DIGITIMES Research for 2022.
Thursday 5 January 2023
TSMC likely to post flat 2023 revenue, says report
TSMC will be striving to maintain flat revenue growth in 2023, due to a poor first half of the year and unfavorable currency exchange rates, market watchers were quoted as saying...
Wednesday 4 January 2023
Huawei gets rid of crisis mode after years of US sanctions, says rotating chair
Huawei's top management recently said the company in 2022 already successfully pulled itself out of crisis mode after weathering years of trade sanctions from the US, sparking market...
Wednesday 4 January 2023
Samsung said to use high-end EUV pellicles to stabilize 3nm yield
Samsung Electronics reportedly will incorporate the latest EUV mask pellicles with a light transmittance rate of over 90% into its 3nm process for yield improvement, with the pellicles...