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Monday 10 August 2020
Applied Materials reportedly looking to work more closely with suppliers for after-sales maintenance
Applied Materials is looking to work more closely with its parts and component suppliers for the after-sales maintenance and upgrades of its fab tools, according to industry source...
Thursday 6 August 2020
Eight-inch foundry quotes rise 10-20%
Pure-play foundries including TSMC, UMC and VIS have raised their 8-inch wafer fabrication quotes by 10-20% recently to reflect their tight capacities, according to industry source...
Wednesday 5 August 2020
Backend houses kicking off shipments for PS5
Backend houses including ASE Technology and Greatek Electronics have kicked off shipments for Sony's new-generation PS5 game console series slated for launch later this year, according...
Monday 3 August 2020
Silicon wafer materials and equipment suppliers see orders pull in from TSMC
With TSMC scaling up its 7nm and 5nm chip output, related silicon wafer materials and equipment suppliers have seen significant orders from the pure-play foundry and are ramping up...
Monday 3 August 2020
TSMC develops dry-clean technique for EUV mask
TSMC has developed what the company claims is the world's first environmental-friendly "dry-clean technique for EUV mask" to replace the traditional clean process.
Thursday 30 July 2020
Unimicron investing big in expanding ABF substrate capacity
Unimicron Technology's board of directors has resolved to allocate NT$17.4 billion (US$594.2 million) in capex for 2021, with over 90% of the sum and the majority of another budget...
Wednesday 29 July 2020
Gudeng posts profit growth in 2Q20
Taiwan-based Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer specializing in mask solution products and wafer handling equipment, has disclosed net profits...
Wednesday 29 July 2020
Taiwan urged to accelerate quantum computing development
Taiwan-based IT companies' progresses in quantum computing remain unclear, which could lead to the country missing out on the opportunity from a tech segment that both the US and...
Tuesday 28 July 2020
Unimicron new plant set to produce ABF substrates for Intel in early 2022
IC substrate maker Unimicron Technology is slated to complete construction of a new plant in Yangmei, northern Taiwan by the end of 2020, followed by process optimization and validation...
Tuesday 28 July 2020
Taiwan capable of catering advanced IC capacity to meet global demand, says MOEA head
Taiwan's Economic Affairs Minister Mei-hua Wang, in response to the Japan and India governments' call for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to set up wafer foundries...
Tuesday 28 July 2020
Taiwan OSAT providers expect Intel to step up outsourcing
Intel is expected to step up its outsourcing of chips and processors, particularly GPUs and IoT chips, for years to come, according to sources at Taiwan-based outsourced assembly...
Tuesday 28 July 2020
TSMC unlikely to build additional capacity for Intel orders
TSMC internally does not consider orders for Intel's processors as long-term ones, and therefore is unlikely to build additional production capacity for the new contract, according...
Monday 27 July 2020
Highlights of the day: Intel may expand partnership with TSMC
As Intel is facing troubles to improve its manufacturing processes, the CPU giant is now seeking outside help in production...
Monday 27 July 2020
PS5 shipments may reach at least 120 million units in next 5 years
Sony's new-generation PS5 game console shipments are estimated to reach at least 120 million units in the next five years after launch in fourth-quarter 2020, roughly double those...
Monday 27 July 2020
PC chipmakers seeking more foundry support to digest ballooning orders
Taiwan's designers of peripheral chips for PCs and notebooks are trying hard to vie for more capacity support from foundry partners seeking to meet strong replacement demand in the...