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Monday 4 July 2022
ASML, TSMC shed lights on advanced solutions at CSTIC 2022
Heavyweight semiconductor players including sole EUV lithography equipment vendor ASML and top foundry TSMC have lately shed lights on latest front-end lithography and backend advanced...
Monday 4 July 2022
Semiconductor equipment makers to see slipping sales in upcoming years
With several wafer foundries considering postponing or canceling their capacity expansion plans as a result of the weakening global economy and rising inflation, semiconductor equipment...
Monday 4 July 2022
TSMC, GlobalWafers play vital role in driving US semiconductor supply
Taiwan's top foundry TSMC and leading silicon wafer vendor GlobalWafers are playing crucial roles in helping the US rebooting its semiconductor supply, with the former constructing...
Friday 1 July 2022
TSMC sees clients scale back orders
TSMC has seen its major clients adjust downward their chip orders for the rest of 2022, which may prompt the pure-play foundry to cut its revenue outlook for 2022, according to industry...
Thursday 30 June 2022
SEMI, Foxconn, UMC release Auto IC Master scheme to integrate ecosystem
SEMI, Foxconn Technology and UMC have jointly released the SEMI Auto IC Master program designed to provide complete automotive chip solutions through effective and close partnerships...
Wednesday 29 June 2022
AMD to launch new-gen desktop CPUs in mid-September
The upcoming AMD Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 series desktop processors slated for launch in mid-September will give PC companies more time to digest their excess processor inventories, according...
Tuesday 28 June 2022
TSMC to initiate about 6% price hike in 2023
TSMC has determined that prices for most of its manufacturing processes will rise about 6% starting January 2023, despite concerns raised recently about a potentially disappointing...
Monday 27 June 2022
Competition poised to heat up in 3-horse race for 3/2nm processes
Foundry market competitions among TSMC, Samsung Electronics and Intel will heat up significantly as they are advancing to 3/2nm manufacturing nodes, and it seems that Samsung will...
Monday 27 June 2022
GF, SMIC may bear the brunt of consumer chips demand downturn
With declining chip demand for consumer devices and new capacities gradually coming online, foundry houses could hardly sustain full utilization of their fab capacities, but it is...
Monday 27 June 2022
TSMC completes cleanroom construction at R&D center in Japan
An opening ceremony has been held recently at TSMC's 3DIC R&D center in Japan to mark the completion of cleanroom construction at the facility, according to the Taiwan-based fo...
Friday 24 June 2022
Taiwan chipmakers face challenge of rising electricity costs, says GlobalWafers
The ever-increasing electricity costs in Taiwan are prompting local chipmakers to diversify their manufacturing bases and no longer view Taiwan as a first-choice option, according...
Friday 24 June 2022
Special budget needed to hasten quantum components production
Taiwan's national team for quantum technology development is facing difficulties in manufacturing quantum dots, quantum bits, control boards and photonic quantum bits, necessitating...
Friday 24 June 2022
TSMC orders to buoy GPTC, Kinik in 2022
With TSMC ramping up its sub-5nm process and advanced packaging manufacturing capacities, Grand Process Technology (GPTC) and Kinik are both seen the visibility of orders from the...
Thursday 23 June 2022
TSMC sees major clients queue up for 3nm process capacity
TSMC has seen its major clients including AMD, Apple, Broadcom, Intel, MediaTek, Nvidia and Qualcomm queue up for 3nm process capacity, according to sources at fab toolmakers.
Wednesday 22 June 2022
Is acquisition a cure for Samsung weakening foundry business?
Samsung has announced plans to commit a KRW450 trillion (US$346.5 billion) investment over the next five years, with over 60% of the new funds to enhance the capability and competitiveness...