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Tuesday 26 April 2022
ASE competing with leading foundries, IDMs in advanced packaging segment
With advanced 2.5D and 3D IC packaging technologies requiring a considerable amount of capex for R&D and manufacturing capabilities, there will be just a few players engaged in...
Monday 25 April 2022
TSMC chip shipments for Apple devices to top NT$500 billion in 2022
TSMC is estimated to rake in revenues of NT$500 billion (US$17.024 billion) from fulfilling Apple orders in 2022, up from NT$405.4 billion in 2021, with the US tech giant expected...
Monday 25 April 2022
IC wafer capacity to climb 8.7% as 10 new fabs enter production
IC wafer capacity is forecast to grow 8.7% in 2022 after rising 8.5% in 2021, thanks to the addition of 10 new 300mm fabs that are scheduled to open this year, according to IC Insi...
Friday 22 April 2022
Shuen Der Industry, Jih lin Technology benefit from Tesla's growing demand
As Tesla aims to produce 1.5 million electric vehicles in 2022, hiking 60% on year, its demand for highly customized Si-based IGBT modules and SiC-based power modules supplied by...
Friday 22 April 2022
TSMC sets timetable to commercialize 2nm GAA process in 2025
TSMC has set a timetable to move its 2nm GAA process to production in 2025 while commercializing its 3nm FinFET process with improved yield rates in the second half of 2022, with...
Friday 22 April 2022
What TSMC founder tries to tell America beyond chips
TSMC founder Morris Chang again made the headlines by giving frank opinions on the semiconductor policy of the United States. But shrewd readers should definitely read between the...
Thursday 21 April 2022
Samsung hits snag in 3nm process, yet posing new challenges to TSMC
Poor 3nm GAA process yield performance is deemed as a major setback for Samsung Electronics in its advanced foundry technology race with TSMC, which may dash the Korean tech giant's...
Thursday 21 April 2022
Non-foundry IC segments gaining weight in HPC era, says DIGITIMES Research
Apple has become a bellwether in the HPC chip segment by rolling out its high-performance M1 series built using advanced process at its foundry partner, but all other manufacturing...
Thursday 21 April 2022
TSMC fan-out packaging to attract orders for Android smartphone SoCs
Apple will no longer be the exclusive customer of TSMC adopting the foundry's advanced integrated fan-out (InFO) wafer-level packaging, which is expected to attract orders for Android...
Thursday 21 April 2022
Semiconductor equipment lead times extend
Delivery lead times for semiconductor equipment have extended to more than 18 months from six months in the middle of 2021, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 20 April 2022
ASE gearing up for HPC chip boom
OSAT ASE Technology with its fan-out chip on substrate (FOCoS) packaging technology is gearing up for a boom in HPC chip demand, eyeing orders from major processor vendors including...
Monday 18 April 2022
Intel may farm out PC chipsets processing to OSATs in Taiwan
Intel reportedly is mulling expanding its outsourced backend operations to include PC-use chipsets, and Powertech Technology (PTI) is expected to become the first Taiwan-based OSAT...
Monday 18 April 2022
TSMC to see HPC chip orders contribute over NT$700 billion to 2022 revenue
TSMC is expected to see revenue generated from the HPC sector contribute more than NT$700 billion (US$23.9 billion) to the pure-play foundry's total revenue this year, according to...
Monday 18 April 2022
Samsung 3nm GAA process yield still far behind target
Samsung Electronics' 3nm GAA process yield rates reportedly are still far behind the chip vendor's target.
Monday 18 April 2022
TSMC expects pricing strength to remain
TSMC does not comment on its pricing details, but has no plans to drop its prices even in a downturn, said company CEO CC Wei during a Q&A session of the company's recent earnings...