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Wednesday 15 June 2022
Top-3 game console vendors show mixed sales amid chip shortages
The world's three leading game console vendors Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft have shown mixed sales results amid the supply crunch of some basic chips and components.
Tuesday 14 June 2022
TSMC tightening up payment terms
TSMC is tightening up its payment terms for better cash flow and greater stability, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 14 June 2022
TSMC runs CoWoS packaging lines at nearly full utilization
Robust AI and HPC processor orders have boosted TSMC's chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) packaging capacity utilization to nearly 100%, according to industry sources.
Monday 13 June 2022
TI reportedly expects analog chip shortage to ease in 2H22
Texas Instruments (TI) has notified its clients that the supply-demand imbalance for analog chips, particularly power management ICs (PMICs), will ease in the second half of the year,...
Monday 13 June 2022
Micron to commercialize 1-gamma EUV process in Taiwan in 2024
US memory vendor Micron Technology is set to move its 1-gamma EUV process technology to volume production at its new fab, A3, in central Taiwan in 2024, and will install the first...
Monday 13 June 2022
Notebook prospects vary with device models, supply chain segments
As a whole, the notebook market has seen a reversal in demand, with consumer models bearing the brunt of sales downturn. Shipments of education-use Chromebooks, which played a pioneering...
Friday 10 June 2022
TSMC, VIS see May revenue hit record highs
Pure-play foundries TSMC and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have both announced record-high sales for May 2022, on the heels of United Microelectronics' (UMC) announcement...
Thursday 9 June 2022
TSMC upbeat about coming decade
TSMC remains upbeat about its operations in 2022 and the coming decade, while its 3nm process is set to enter volume production later this year, according to company chairman Mark...
Wednesday 8 June 2022
TSMC reiterates 30% growth goal for 2022, citing surging demand from auto, HPC sectors
TSMC is unwavering in its goal of reaching 30% revenue growth by US dollars in 2022, as demand for automotive and high-performance computing (HPC) chips remains high, according to...
Wednesday 8 June 2022
ASE, Unimicron to provide packaging, related substrates for new Apple M2 chip
Taiwan-based ASE Technology and Unimicron Technology have both seized flip chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) packaging and related substrate orders for Apple's just unveiled M2 processors,...
Wednesday 8 June 2022
Apple orders to drive TSMC revenue CAGR through 2025
Orders for Apple's custom chips will drive TSMC's revenue through 2025 with a CAGR of 15-20%, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 7 June 2022
Top foundries, OSATs meet HPC boom with more advanced packaging solutions
Handset chips supply chain players share the view that their 2022 shipments for the segment will at best stay flat at 2021 levels, but HPC chip demand will continue to grow for datacenter,...
Monday 6 June 2022
China silicon wafer maker NSIG set to double capacity by 2024
China's National Silicon Industry Group (NSIG) has newly disclosed plans to expand production capacity for 12-inch silicon wafers at a total investment of CNY6.79 billion (US$1.017...
Monday 6 June 2022
UMC reportedly mulling 6% quote hikes for 22/28nm chips in 2023
United Microelectronics (UMC) reportedly is mulling raising its 2023 quotes by around 6% for 22/28 nm processes that have been in strong demand, despite uncertainties associated with...
Thursday 2 June 2022
TSMC to boost ties with memory chip vendors
TSMC is poised to boost its ties with memory chip vendors including Micron Technology and SK Hynix to strengthen the logic foundry's 3D silicon stacking and other advanced packaging...