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Thursday 24 February 2022
Qualcomm seeking 3nm process capacity from TSMC
Qualcomm reportedly plans to contract TSMC to make all its processors demanding 3nm process manufacturing.
Wednesday 23 February 2022
Taiwan IC foundries to see combined market share top 70%
TSMC and its fellow Taiwan-based pure-play foundries are expected to see their combined global market share top 70%, when their additional fab capacities come online, according to...
Wednesday 23 February 2022
ASE eyeing backend orders for Apple-designed 5G modem chips
ASE Technology, which owns Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), is in preliminary talks with Apple for backend orders associated with...
Wednesday 23 February 2022
Industry watch: Semiconductor industry turning point beyond 2025
TSMC dominates the global market with 90% share in 7nm and 5nm nodes. TSMC has taken initiatives that will allow it to own about 100 units of pricey EUV equipment by the end of 2022...
Wednesday 23 February 2022
Intel's IDM 2.0 vision juggles chip cost and performance
It remains to be seen how Intel will materialize its IDM 2.0 growth vision, but the chipmaker will have to face a trade-off between production cost and chip performance in determining...
Tuesday 22 February 2022
Highlights of the day: TSMC sees strong sub-7nm orders
Almost all major US clients who can afford TSMC's advanced manufacturing processes have placed orders with the Taiwan-based foundry for its sub-7nm...
Tuesday 22 February 2022
TSMC obtains significant sub-7nm chip orders
TSMC has secured significant orders demanding its sub-7nm process manufacturing from major US vendors, according to sources at semiconductor equipment suppliers.
Tuesday 22 February 2022
Yield is key for TSMC-Samsung race in 3nm chip production
TSMC and Samsung Electronics are set to enter a race for 3nm chip production as they both plan to start commercial production of the most advanced available process node in the second...
Monday 21 February 2022
Wafer foundry capacity expansion plan in China, 2022
Most China's IC manufacturers will expand their capacity in 2022 and continue to gear up production to the fullest extent.
Monday 21 February 2022
Global chipmakers find ways to improve competitiveness
Major semiconductor suppliers around the world are finding different ways to strengthen their competitiveness, as industry analysts expect that most of them will achieve record revenues...
Friday 18 February 2022
Fab toolmakers on track to gain big from bold TSMC capex plans
Fab toolmakers worldwide are all poised to score significant revenue gains in 2022 and beyond from fulfilling robust orders from TSMC, which is set to invest over US$100 billion during...
Friday 18 February 2022
Silicon photonics gaining ground in datacenter applications
Demand for silicon photonics, mainly used in high-bandwidth optical transceivers, continues to gain momentum to support proliferating high-performance computing (HPC) applications...
Thursday 17 February 2022
Foundry customers reluctant to accept further price increases
Pure-play foundries, particularly second-tier players who have raised their quotes since late 2020, are seeing their fabless clients become increasingly reluctant to accept further...
Thursday 17 February 2022
TSMC board approves nearly US$21 billion for capacity expansion
The board of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) approved recently capital appropriations of about US$20.94 billion for the installation and upgrade of advanced technology...