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Thursday 1 November 2018
Global foundry industry forecast, 2019 and beyond
The production value of the global foundry industry is expected to grow by a CAGR of 6.2% to reach US$81.94 billion in 2023, the final year of a five-year forecast period, driven...
Thursday 1 November 2018
TSMC opens 12-inch fab in Nanjing
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) held a ceremony on October 31 to mark the opening of its 12-inch wafer plant in Nanjing, China. Company chairman Mark Liu and CFO...
Tuesday 30 October 2018
Intel to outsource entry-level processor, chipset production
As its processor supply continues to fall short of demand, Intel reportedly has begun planning to outsource production for its entry-level Atom processors and some of its chipsets...
Friday 26 October 2018
TSMC enhances backend CoWoS technology
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has made progress in enhancing its backend chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) technology to support diverse high-performance computing...
Wednesday 24 October 2018
Chipmakers advancing 5G chips rollout by one quarter
As leading brand vendors are set to roll out 5G-based smartphone models in the first half of 2019, chipmakers such as Qualcomm and MediaTek have advanced the launch schedules for...
Monday 22 October 2018
Serious talent shortage posing challenges for China IC development
Despite China's semiconductor industry aggressively carrying out diverse development projects, increasingly serious talent shortage is casting clouds over the development, making...
Friday 19 October 2018
TSMC expects 7nm chip sales to account for 10% of 2018 revenues
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is set to tape out more than 50 chip designs with its 7nm process technology by the end of 2018, and over 100 chip designs with both...
Thursday 18 October 2018
TSMC reports 3Q18 EPS of NT$3.44
TSMC has announced consolidated revenues of NT$260.35 billion (US$8.41 billion), net income of NT$89.07 billion, and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of NT$3.44 (US$0.56 per ADR unit)...
Thursday 18 October 2018
Communications rise to represent largest portion of foundry sales
With tremendous growth of smartphones over the past decade, foundry sales to the communications market have soared and are now forecast to account for about 3x more than IC foundry...
Thursday 18 October 2018
Xilinx promoting acceleration solutions for datacenter servers in China
At its recent forum in Beijing, Xilinx introduced its FPGA-based acceleration solutions designed for artificial intelligence (AI) and data center applications. Dubbed Alveo, the acceleration...
Monday 15 October 2018
Advanced-node technology driving TSMC revenue per wafer, says IC Insights
The average revenue generated from processed wafers among the four biggest pure-play foundries - TSMC, Globalfoundries, UMC and SMIC - is expected to be US$1,138 in 2018 when expressed...
Friday 12 October 2018
Taiwan partners to gain from Xilinx 7nm FPGA rollout in 2019
Xilinx will mass roll out its next-generation 7nm FPGA chips in 2019, and TSMC and other Xilinx supply chain partners including Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) and Answer Technology...
Friday 12 October 2018
TSMC to be only supplier of Apple A13 chips in 2019
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is set to win all orders for A13 chips that Apple will reelase in 2019, extending its dominance in the pure-play foundry sector,...
Tuesday 9 October 2018
TSMC revenues increase 11.6% in 3Q18
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2018 of NT$260.3 million (US$8.41 million), up 11.6% sequentially and...
Monday 8 October 2018
Global foundry industry to grow at 6% CAGR in next 5 years, says Digitimes Research
The production value of the global foundry industry is expected to grow by a CAGR of 6.2% to reach US$81.94 billion in 2023, the final year of a five-year forecast period, driven...