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Tuesday 3 March 2020
TSMC, Broadcom enhance CoWoS platform with 2X reticle size interposer
TSMC announced on March 3 the foundry has collaborated with Broadcom on enhancing the chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) platform to support the industry's first and largest 2X reticle...
Tuesday 3 March 2020
VisEra to build new color filter plant to serve Sony
Color filter (CF) maker VisEra Technologies, a subsidiary of TSMC, will establish a new plant in Longtan, northern Taiwan and is eyeing new orders from Sony, according to industry...
Monday 2 March 2020
Taiwan top-3 foundries to see combined revenues slip 1% in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
Combined revenues of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are expected to drop 1.2% sequentially...
Wednesday 26 February 2020
Huawei places more chip orders with China fabs
Huawei has placed more chip orders with fabs in China, including TSMC's 12-inch wafer plant in Nanjing and SMIC's facilities, over the past half year, according to industry sources...
Monday 24 February 2020
Taiwan IC sector bracing for looming tougher trade ban on Huawei
Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain players are bracing for stricter trade restrictions being mulled by the US against Huawei, which could create even worse impacts than those brought...
Friday 21 February 2020
ST, TSMC team up for GaN devices
STMicroelectronics and TSMC are collaborating to accelerate the development of gallium nitride (GaN) process technology and the supply of both discrete and integrated GaN devices...
Thursday 20 February 2020
Revenue per wafer rising as demand grows for sub-7nm processes, says IC Insights
Many IC companies are now designing high-performance microprocessors, application processors, and other advanced logic devices based on 10nm and 7nm process technology, according...
Thursday 20 February 2020
ASE Technology to secure backend orders for Qualcomm 5nm 5G modem chips
Qualcomm has newly unveiled the world's first 5nm 5G modem-RF system, the Snapdragon X60, to be paired with its latest, third-generation 5G mmWave antenna module, QTM 535, with Taiwan's...
Wednesday 19 February 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC reportedly moves to reduce reliance on Huawei
The US has been mounting pressure on its allies over its trade ban on Huawei, which has in turn been shaking the IT supply chain. The world's top pure-play foundry TSMC,...
Wednesday 19 February 2020
TSMC cuts chip capacity support for Huawei, say sources
TSMC has started reducing its chip capacity support for Huawei, but is still working closely with the China-based vendor in the development for advanced 5nm and 3nm chip solutions,...
Friday 14 February 2020
TSMC fab toolmakers remain upbeat
Revenue prospects for TSMC's ecosystem partners, particularly semiconductor equipment makers, remain upbeat this year despite the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, according to market...
Thursday 13 February 2020
Top-5 semiconductor firms hold 53% of global wafer capacity
The world's top-five wafer capacity leaders each had capacity of more than 1,000,000 wafer starts per month, with their combined capacity representing 53% of the world's total wafer...
Thursday 13 February 2020
Apple reportedly in high demand for 5nm A14 to support 5G devices
Apple's demand for 5nm A14 mobile application processors (AP) to support its 5G devices is likely to be 50-60% higher than that for its 7nm A13, highlighting the vendor's determination...
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Outbreak posing mixed impacts on different semiconductor segments in China
The coronavirus outbreak has posed mixed impacts on semiconductor firms operating in China, with backend service houses suffering the most, reaching average capacity utilization of...
Wednesday 12 February 2020
TSMC board passes US$6.7 billion budget for advanced process, capacity expansion
TSMC's board of directors has approved a budget of about US$6.74 billion for new fab facility constructions, and advanced-node manufacturing capacity expansion and upgrade, as well...