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Tuesday 2 June 2020
Fresh US ban on Huawei to impact TSMC and more starting late September
TSMC and other Taiwanese suppliers of Huawei are expected to see their revenues start to suffer in late September from fresh US sanctions blocking companies around the world from...
Friday 29 May 2020
Foxsemicon to enjoy revenue growth in 2020
Semiconductor equipment maker Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, an affiliate of the Foxconn Group, is expected to post on-year revenue growth in 2020, according to industry sources...
Friday 29 May 2020
TSMC delivers 7nm automotive design enablement platform
TSMC has announced the availability of what it claims is the world's first 7nm automotive design enablement platform (ADEP) to accelerate time-to-design for customers' AI inferencing...
Thursday 28 May 2020
Highlights of the day: Chipmakers pushing advanced technologies
TSMC's new 5nm Plus node reportedly will be able to enter mass production in the fourth quarter of 2020 with the process...
Thursday 28 May 2020
Marketech, Gudeng see orders for EUV tools ramp up
Taiwan-based Gudeng Precision and Marketech International have seen orders for EUV-based process manufacturing equipment ramp up recently as TSMC is accelerating its enhanced 5nm...
Thursday 28 May 2020
Backend material distributors warn of demand slowdown
IC fabrication and backend materials distributors are expected to face a slowdown in shipments starting third-quarter 2020 at the earliest due mainly to impacts of the coronavirus...
Thursday 28 May 2020
TSMC to move 5nm Plus process to volume production in 4Q20
TSMC is expected to kick off volume production of chips manufactured on an enhanced version of its 5nm FinFET process, dubbed tentatively 5nm Plus, in the fourth quarter of 2020,...
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Raising IC self-sufficiency increasingly difficult for China
US vendors remain dominant players in the global front-end semiconductor equipment market segment, which will be a critical factor blocking China's ambition of raising self-sufficiency...
Tuesday 26 May 2020
IC analysis labs see slowdown in 2H20 demand from Huawei, US chipmakers
Taiwan IC analysis and inspection labs are expected to see demand from US chipmakers and Huawei/HiSilicon weaken in the second half of the year on uncertainties arising from the coronavirus...
Tuesday 26 May 2020
PSI to ramp up capacity for 300mm silicon wafer reclaim
Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) has disclosed plans to ramp up monthly capacity for 300mm silicon wafer reclaim to 300,000 pieces in the third quarter from the current 240,000...
Monday 25 May 2020
5G equipment market main target of US new sanctions against Huawei
The real target of the US sanctions against Huawei is its 5G equipment deployments, rather than its smartphone business, according to industry sources.
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...