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Thursday 19 March 2020
TSMC, university researchers achieve breakthrough in boron nitride synthesis
TSMC has the potential to produce Nobel Prize winners among its employees as long as it keeps deepening basic research, given its latest breakthrough in synthesizing boron nitride...
Thursday 19 March 2020
TSMC says one employee infected with coronavirus
A TSMC employee has been tested positive for the coronavirus Covid-19, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE).
Monday 16 March 2020
EDA, verification support crucial to HPC packaging
High-end high performance computing (HPC) chips solutions are entailing ever-rising packaging complexity along with their increasing applications to large-size datacenters and networking...
Monday 16 March 2020
SMIC gearing up for 7nm process manufacturing
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has moved 14nm FinFET process to volume production with orders from Huawei's chip arm HiSilicon, and is gearing up for its next-generation...
Monday 16 March 2020
TSMC tightens precautionary measures against coronavirus
TSMC has furthered tightened precautionary measures internally against the coronavirus, which has so far not affected its operations in Taiwan, according to the pure-play foundry.
Friday 13 March 2020
Backend, verification demand for HPC chips staying robust
Backend and verification demand for ASICs, AI chips and HPC (high performance computing) chips from segments of 5G base stations, servers and datacenters has remained strong despite...
Friday 13 March 2020
Taiwan design houses embracing robust ASIC orders
Taiwan-based chipmakers are gearing up to fulfill robust orders for ASIC services from clients in China and even from the world's first-tier brand vendors that are seeking to enhance...
Wednesday 11 March 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC sees strong demand for 5nm process
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, many firms in the IT world have revised their business outlook for first-quarter 2020. But TSMC still sees significant demand for its foundry...
Wednesday 11 March 2020
IC backend, verification partners for Apple devices see bright 2020
IC backend and verification specialists in the supply chain of Apple devices have regained confidence in their revenue performances for 2020 as they are moving to deliver shipments...
Wednesday 11 March 2020
Gudeng to expand capacity ahead of schedule
Gudeng Precision Industrial has enjoyed robust demand for EUV mask pods, and plans to implement its capacity expansion project ahead of schedule, according to the Taiwan-based fab...
Wednesday 11 March 2020
TSMC to spur STSP growth
While the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) saw its total revenues decline 6.59% to NT$743.236 billion (US$24.6 billion) in 2019, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)...
Wednesday 11 March 2020
TSMC to kick off 5nm chip production in April
TSMC is set to kick off volume production of chips built using 5nm process technology in April, and has already seen the process capacity fully booked by clients, according to industry...
Tuesday 10 March 2020
TSMC revenues fall below NT$100 billion in February
TSMC saw its monthly revenues in Februrary 2020 fall below the NT$100 billion (US$3.34 billion) mark for the first time since August 2019.
Monday 9 March 2020
5G handset shipment boosts unlikely till 2H20
Shipments from the 5G handset supply chain for the first half of 2020 are expected to be one third of those for the second half, instead of 50% as estimated earlier, as first-quarter...
Thursday 5 March 2020
China smartphone AP shipments, 4Q 2019
Smartphone AP shipments to China-based vendors came to 197 million units, down 5.9% on year and 7.7% on quarter.