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Friday 22 May 2020
China to fall far short of IC self-sufficiency goal
IC production in China represented 15.7% of its US$125 billion IC market in 2019, up only slightly from 15.1% five years earlier in 2014, according to IC Insights. The share is forecast...
Friday 22 May 2020
Taiwan semiconductor output value to grow in 2020
The output value of Taiwan's semiconductor industry is forecast to increase 4-5.7% in 2020, despite headwinds from the coronavirus pandemic, according to the government-sponsored...
Thursday 21 May 2020
Graphics card makers see shipments boom
Graphics card manufacturers including Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology are expected to see their shipments continue ramping up and grow through...
Thursday 21 May 2020
PhD shortage to challenge TSMC: Q&A with company senior VP of R&D Cliff Hou
Shortages of personnel with PhDs will be a challenge facing TSMC as well as Taiwan's chipmaking industry by 2030, according to Cliff Hou, company senior VP of technology development...
Tuesday 19 May 2020
SMIC unlikely to replace TSMC amid Huawei ban
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) is highly unlikely to replace TSMC as the major foundry partner of Huawei even if TSMC stops shipping to the China-based client due...
Tuesday 19 May 2020
Taiwan backend houses expect Huawei orders to drift starting 4Q20
Taiwan-based OSAT firms will continue to fulfill chip orders from Huawei/HiSilicon in the third quarter of 2020, but are unsure about the orders in the fourth quarter as the Chinese...
Tuesday 19 May 2020
TSMC braces for impact of new US restrictions on Huawei
TSMC already took 7nm and 5nm chip orders from Huawei in advance before stopping taking more orders from the China-based client in the wake of the US government's announcement of...
Tuesday 19 May 2020
TSMC expansion plan in US to accelerate supply chain localization
TSMC's plan to build an advanced 5nm wafer fab in Arizona will accelerate localization of supply chain and formation of more semiconductor manufacturing clusters to satisfy needs...
Monday 18 May 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC US fab project could reshape supply chain
TSMC has dopped a bombshell by announcing a plan to build a 5nm fab in the US. While the full impact of the fab poject remains to be seen, Digitimes Research believes it could reshape...
Monday 18 May 2020
TSMC US fab plan may boost server production in North America
TSMC is mostly likely to turn out 5nm HPC chips for datacenter server applications at its planned 5nm fab in the US, and whether the move will push up server contract production in...
Monday 18 May 2020
Foxconn-TSMC collaboration in US not impossible, say sources
It would not be a surprise if Foxconn Technology Group collaborated with TSMC to jointly develop their operations in the US by 2024, given the firm's deployments in fan-out panel-level...
Monday 18 May 2020
TSMC may move mature CoWoS tech to US fab, say sources
As TSMC plans to build a 5nm wafer fab in the US, how the company will handle backend support for the fab is drawing concerns from Taiwan's backend supply chain, and a possible solution...
Monday 18 May 2020
Samsung, Globalfoundries to see growing threat from TSMC
TSMC has an over 50% of the global pure-play foundry market, and the establishment of its new US fab could pose a further threat to Samsung's foundry operations and Globalfoundries,...
Monday 18 May 2020
TSMC 5nm fab in US could reshape global chipmaking supply chain, says Digitimes Research
A TSMC wafer fab designed for advanced 5nm process manufacturing in the US could drive changes to many semiconductor players within the supply chain, according to Digitimes Researc...
Friday 15 May 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC to build 5nm fab in US
The US has emerged as winner in the latest round of trade disputes with China: TSMC has announced a plan to build...