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Thursday 4 October 2018
Taiwan integral part of global innovation supply chain, says Morris Chang
Taiwan is an integral part of the global innovation supply chain and has a major role to play in building the future of the global digital economy, according to Morris Chang, founder...
Thursday 4 October 2018
TSMC announces OIP ecosystem enabled in the cloud
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced the initial availability of its Open Innovation Platform Virtual Design Environment (OIP VDE), and the OIP Cloud All...
Friday 28 September 2018
Taiwan gearing up to net annual IC output value of NT$3 trillion by 2021
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) is aggressively moving to pool cross-domain academic forces to help the semiconductor sector break through bottlenecks seen in the...
Wednesday 26 September 2018
China to account for 90% of pure-play foundry market growth in 2018, says IC Insights
China's pure-play foundry market is expected to increase 51% in 2018, while China's total share of the global pure-play foundry market will jump by 5pp to 19%, according to IC Insights...
Wednesday 26 September 2018
New iPhone sales momentum likely to slow down in late 2018, say sources
Demand for Apple's iPhone XS series is likely to slow down later in 2018 after the initial fanfares for the new gadgets fade away, due largely to the high pricing set for the new...
Tuesday 25 September 2018
TSMC to set up new fab for advanced packaging
Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has started its environmental impact assessment on land designated for construction of a new plant by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Thursday 20 September 2018
China IC designers joining world-class ranks, says TSMC executive
China-based fabless IC firms have managed to become world-class chipmakers following 10 years of technology advancement, and they are now technologically on a par with global peers,...
Wednesday 12 September 2018
KLA-Tencor seeing robust fab tool demand from China
Demand from China's semiconductor industry is set to witness robust growth, according to fab toolmaker KLA-Tencor, which expects China to become its largest market in 2019.
Tuesday 11 September 2018
Amkor opens new plant in Taiwan for high-end IC backend
Amkor Technology has unveiled its new plant in Taiwan to focus mainly on high-end IC backend services, such as wafer-level and flip-chip packaging, and high-end chip probing.
Monday 10 September 2018
TSMC August revenues up, UMC down
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its August revenues climb 22.4% sequentially, while fellow foundry company United Microelectronics' (UMC) revenues slipped 8.1%...
Monday 10 September 2018
Intel to outsource 14nm chipset production due to tight supply
Intel is encountering tight 14nm process production capacity in-house, and is looking to outsource part of its 14nm chipset production to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
Thursday 6 September 2018
Innovation to drive future semiconductor market growth, says Morris Chang
Speaking at a forum during the ongoing Semicon Taiwan 2018, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) founder Morris Chang said the semiconductor industry will outgrow global...
Thursday 6 September 2018
Actualizing InfoSec defense crucial for IIoT operations
Sending shockwaves through the manufacturing sector, the virus infection incident seen in early August at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has fueled great concerns...
Wednesday 5 September 2018
Intel PSG expected to see rising demand for FPGA products
Intel's Programmable Solutions Group (PSG), a business sector focusing primarily on FPGA accelerator development, is expected to seeing rising sales with more adoption from datacenter...
Tuesday 4 September 2018
Morris Chang to deliver speech at forum marking 60th year of IC development
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) founder Morris Chang will deliver his first keynote speech after retiring in June 2018 at the "IC60 Master Forum" to be held on September...