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Wednesday 15 April 2020
IC inspection labs enjoy ramp-up in orders for serving HPC chips
Taiwan's IC testing and certification service labs have seen orders from the non-Apple camp ramp up drastically for inspecting and analyzing HPC chips demanding advanced-node manufacturing,...
Wednesday 15 April 2020
Unimicon, Na Ya to enjoy robust orders for ABF substrates till 4Q20
Taiwan-based IC substrates makers including Unimicron and Na Ya PCB are expected to see their capacities, especially those for ABF substrates, fully booked till fourth-quarter 2020,...
Wednesday 15 April 2020
TSMC sees 28nm process capacity utilization drop
TSMC has seen 28nm as well as 40/45nm process capacity utilization rates drop, due to a slump in chip demand for automotive and consumer electronics devices, according to sources...
Tuesday 14 April 2020
HiSilicon places 14nm chip orders with SMIC
China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) with its 14nm FinFET process manufacturing has obtained orders from HiSilicon, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 14 April 2020
Taiwan CIS, 3D sensor packagers see revenues rally on strong demand
CMOS image sensor (CIS) devices have seen a rapid surge in demand for security surveillance and video conferencing applications due to lockdowns amid the coronavirus pandemic. This,...
Monday 13 April 2020
EUV equipment suppliers post revenue growth in March
Taiwan-based fab toolmakers engaged in the supply chain for EUV-based process manufacturing equipment, such as Gudeng Precision and Marketech International, saw their March revenues...
Monday 13 April 2020
5G iPhone mmWave AiP production schedule hinges on Apple strategy
Apple's assembly partners reportedly may defer volume production of 5G iPhones by at least one month amid high uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, but its mmWave AiP modules...
Friday 10 April 2020
TSMC, UMC post increased March revenues
Pure-play foundries Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have reported sequential increases in March consolidated revenues of 21.5%...
Thursday 9 April 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC sees surge in demand for packaging services
Apart from its leadership in the foundry sector, TSMC has been making a lot of efforts developing packaging technologies with which it can offer value-added services to customers...
Thursday 9 April 2020
TSMC sees CoWoS packaging capacity utilization ramp up
TSMC has seen utilization of its chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) packaging capacity rise substantially in the second quarter of 2020, and now runs the packaging production lines...
Wednesday 8 April 2020
Intel to launch new-gen desktop processors at end of April
Intel is set to introduce its 10th-generation Comet Lake-S desktop processors and 400 series chipsets at the end of April, according to sources at motherboard makers, who expect improvements...
Tuesday 7 April 2020
Taiwan IC design houses see sales pick up in March and April
Despite the persistent coronavirus pandemic, most Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to see their revenues pick up in March and April, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 7 April 2020
ASE enters ZTE supply chain for 5G base station chips
ASE Technology has entered the supply chain of ZTE, providing advanced backend technology to volume process 5G base station chips developed in house by the Chinese vendor, according...
Tuesday 7 April 2020
TSMC plans NT$21.6 billion bond sale
TSMC's board of directors on April 6 approved the issuance of NT$21.6 billion (US$715.8 million) in unsecured corporate bonds to fund the construction of new facilities and equipment,...
Monday 6 April 2020
Samsung unlikely to move 3nm to volume production until 2022
Samsung Foundry, the foundry operations of Samsung Electronics, has set its goal of moving its advanced 3nm process technology to volume production as early as 2021. But the Korean...