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Wednesday 17 November 2021
MediaTek obtains sufficient foundry capacity for 5G smartphone chips
MediaTek has already struck deals for capacity support over the next one or more years with pure-play foundries, looking to maintain its leading position in the 5G smartphone processor...
Monday 15 November 2021
Car MCU crunch on track to ease, ADAS chip shortage emerging
Shortage of automotive MCUs will remain on track to ease in 2022, but a new wave of uneven component supply will be emerging and may last till 2023 with core chips for ADAS to lead...
Friday 12 November 2021
Taiwan makers bullish about graphics card sales in 1H22
Unit sales and prices of graphics cards are expected to continue growing in the first half of 2022, buoyed by sustained demand for gaming and cryptomining applications, according...
Thursday 11 November 2021
IC shortage unlikely to ease until TI ramps up output
The global IC shortage is unlikely to ease until Texas Instruments scales up its output, according to sources in the notebook industry, which see supply-side constraints caused mainly...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Highlights of the day: TSMC gearing up in building new capacity
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been acting keenly in establishing new capacity. TSMC has announced jointly with Sony to...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
UMC posts record October revenues
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its revenues hit a record high of NT$19.16 billion (US$690.4 million) in October 2021, whereas fellow companies TSMC and Vanguard...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
TSMC to enjoy robust HPC processor demand in data-driven era
TSMC is set to enjoy robust demand for HPC processors in the data-driven world of 5G, AI and the metaverse, as the foundry's advanced sub-7nm process manufacturing attracts orders...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
TSMC to build another new fab in southern Taiwan
TSMC has confirmed the speculation that has been circulating about a new chip plant in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan.
Wednesday 10 November 2021
TSMC, Sony to form JV foundry in Japan
TSMC and Sony Semiconductor Solutions (SSS) have jointly announced plans to establish a joint-venture foundry in Kumamoto, Japan to initially provide 22nm and 28nm process manufacturing...
Monday 8 November 2021
Unisoc sees mobile SoC shipments hike in 3Q21
Unisoc saw its mobile SoC shipments jump 96% sequentially and over 100 times on year to a record-high 4.2 million units in the third quarter of 2021, media reprts have quoted CINNO...
Monday 8 November 2021
TSMC on track to ramp 3nm chip production
TSMC is on track to move 3nm process technology (N3) to volume production in the second half of 2022 as scheduled, and will continue to see its 5nm process capacity fully utilized...
Monday 8 November 2021
China smartphone AP shipments, 3Q 2021
Third-quarter 2021 smartphone application processor (AP) shipments to China-based vendors amounted to 258 million units.
Friday 5 November 2021
Taiwan chipmakers gearing up for automotive IC boom
Taiwan-based foundries and IC design houses are looking to expand their presence in the automotive electronics sector, where chip demand is set to grow robustly, according to industry...
Thursday 4 November 2021
Taiwan pure-play foundries see profitability outperform international peers
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries, led by TSMC, are all poised to generate significant profit increases this year outperforming their international peers including Globalfoundries...
Thursday 4 November 2021
Highlights of the day: Next-gen iPhone chips likely to use TSMC 4nm process
Apple is expected to take a slower approach to moving its iPhone chips to more advanced manufacturing nodes. The vendor is likely to adopt TSMC 4nm process for its next-generation...