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Tuesday 10 April 2018
TSMC March revenues surge
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues for March 2018 of about NT$103.7 billion (US$3.55 billion), up 60.4% sequentially and 20.8% on...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
Apple plans micro LED panels for small- and large-size devices, says Digitimes Research
Apple is gearing up efforts developing micro LED panels for both small-size and large-size applications and has received support from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
China firms making progress in AI chip development
China-based artificial intelligence (AI) chip developers including Hisilicon Semiconductor, Cambricon, DeePhi Tech, Horizon Robotics and Bitmain have been aggressively planning new...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
TSMC advanced packaging seen crucial for HPC chips
The InFO WLP (integrated fan-out wafer level packaging) and CoWoS (chip on wafer on substrate) developed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have emerged as two major...
Monday 2 April 2018
Robust IoT chip orders filling 8-inch fab capacities
Strong demand for Internet of Things (IoT) related chips is filling China- and Taiwan-based pure-play foundries' 8-inch fab capacities, according to industry sources.
Friday 30 March 2018
Taiwan IC design houses vying for orders for ASIC
With more device vendors developing their chip solutions in-house, as well as China pushing for self-sufficiency in semiconductors, demand for custom ASIC chips has been growing substantially,...
Friday 30 March 2018
TSMC revenues to rebound in March
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to see its March revenues rebound to over NT$100 billion (US$3.43 billion), driven by a ramp-up of 16nm and 12nm chip...
Thursday 29 March 2018
Ardentec seeing orders for auto MCU ramp up
Taiwan-based Ardentec is expected to enjoy growing revenues generated from orders for automotive MCUs in 2018, according to industry sources. The IC testing company has seen orders...
Wednesday 28 March 2018
New packaging tech FOPLP rising to spur demand for advanced equipment
Major IC packaging and testing players are actively developing an advanced fan-out panel level packaging (FOPLP) technology that can package chips on panels larger than 8-inch or...
Tuesday 27 March 2018
Cleanroom constructor UIS lands strong orders
Taiwan-based cleanroom maker United Information Systems (UIS) has enjoyed strong orders placed by its panel and semiconductor clients since 2018, and expects its revenues this year...
Tuesday 27 March 2018
Bitmain rises as new China unicorn
China's dedicated mining ASIC supplier Bitmain has squeezed into the list of the nation's startup unicorns, and its quarter-by-quarter shipment growth of mining ASICs as well as its...
Monday 26 March 2018
Foundry capacity in Taiwan, China to remain tight throughout 2018
Taiwan and international IC designers have advanced fabrication orders with foundry houses to early 2018 to support shipments in the traditional boom season in the second half, amid...
Tuesday 20 March 2018
TSMC to enter 7nm chip shipments for new Xilinx ACAP in 2019
Xilinx has introduced a new product category called adaptive compute acceleration platform (ACAP) - a highly integrated multi-core heterogeneous compute platform - for big data and...
Monday 19 March 2018
China wafer fabs can thrive on strong domestic demand, says Gudeng chairman
Bolstered by China's large population, solid mobile network infrastructures, and aggressive deployments in IoT and AI applications, the localization of its semiconductor industry...
Thursday 15 March 2018
TSMC seeing tight capacity for cryptocurrency mining chips
TSMC's 16nm and 12nm process production capacity has been tight in the first quarter of 2018 driven by strong demand for GPUs and ASICs for cryptocurrency mining, according to industry...