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Wednesday 9 October 2019
Global notebook shipment forecast, 2020 and beyond
Notebook shipments in 2019 are estimated to show a 1.6% increase with vendors ramping up inventory in preparation for the US-China trade war and business notebooks as well as Chromebook...
Tuesday 8 October 2019
TSMC EUV process delivering customer products to market in high volume
TSMC has announced that its 7nm EUV-based process technology, dubbed N7+, is delivering customer products to market in high volume.
Monday 7 October 2019
Chinese drive to de-Americanize supply chain seen as black swan for 5G chips market
China's de-Americanization campaign, a move aimed at cutting reliance on the US suppliers of crucial semiconductor components and technologies, has emerged as the largest black swan...
Friday 4 October 2019
TSMC 7nm process attracts multiple orders for AI processors
TSMC with its competitive 7nm process technology has obtained orders for made-for-AI chip processors from Nvidia, Xilinx and Qualcomm, and a number of China-based vendors such as...
Friday 4 October 2019
Advanced packaging, mini LED rising as new growth driver: Q&A with Kulicke & Soffa SVP CP Chong
US-based semiconductor assembly equipment supplier Kulicke & Soffa (K&S) is optimistic that 5G and AI applications will drive demand for advanced IC packaging equipment.
Friday 4 October 2019
TSMC to post record 2019 revenues
TSMC is expected to see its third-quarter revenues rise and post another sequential revenue increase in the fourth quarter. The anticipated rebound in revenues during the second half...
Wednesday 2 October 2019
IC backend service providers gearing up for AiP packaging
TSMC and other major Taiwanese IC backend service providers including ASE Technology and Powertech Technology (PTI) are ready to offer, or have exerted efforts to develop, AiP (antenna-in-package)...
Tuesday 1 October 2019
MediaTek increases wafer start orders for 5G chips at TSMC
MediaTek reportedly has increased its wafer start orders for 5G chips at TSMC as more of its handset clients in China have taped out 5G-focused smartphones using its SoC solutions,...
Tuesday 1 October 2019
TSMC files complaints for technology infringement against Globalfoundries
TSMC has announced it filed multiple lawsuits on September 30, 2019 against Globalfoundries in the US, Germany and Singapore for its alleged ongoing infringement of 25 TSMC patents...
Monday 30 September 2019
Optical fingerprint sensors shipments to ramp up in 1Q20
Taiwan's IC designers are set to ramp up shipments of diverse optical in-display fingerprint sensors for smartphone application starting in the first quarter of 2020, and backend...
Friday 27 September 2019
Highlights of the day: Tight supply at TSMC, not just for 7nm
TSMC sees strong demand not just for its 7nm manufacturing node. Some of Taiwan's IC designers have reported that they have been unable to secure full support for their demand from...
Friday 27 September 2019
More Chinese firms developing advanced-node CPUs in-house
More China-based firms have become keen on in-house development of new-generation CPUs and GPUs, allowing Taiwan IC design service providers, especially those associated with TSMC,...
Friday 27 September 2019
TSMC 16nm, 12nm and 10nm chip supply becomes tight
In addition to its tight 7nm chip supply, with delivery lead times extending to over six months, pure-play foundry TSMC has seen its supply of 16nm, 12nm and 10nm chips also fall...
Friday 27 September 2019
Arm and TSMC demo 7nm Arm-based CoWoS chiplets for HPC
Arm and TSMC have announced jointly an industry-first 7nm silicon-proven chiplet system based on multiple Arm cores and leveraging TSMC's chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) advanced...
Thursday 26 September 2019
Highlights of the day: Clients scrambling for TSMC capacity
Demand for 7nm manufacturing capacity at TSMC is so strong that long lines have been formed trying to secure supply from the foundry house for the advanced process. As supply is tight,...