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Friday 7 December 2018
Second-tier pure-play foundries to lower quotes
Second-tier IC foundries intend to cut their quotes in order to vie for more orders in the first half of 2019, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 5 December 2018
TSMC 7nm capacity unlikely to be fully utilized in 1H19, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is unlikely to see its 7nm process capacity fully utilized in the first half of 2019, due to a cutback in orders placed by Apple,...
Friday 30 November 2018
Samsung chip capex spending stays high
Samsung is expected to have the largest capex budget of any IC supplier again in 2018, according to IC Insights. After spending US$24.2 billion for semiconductor capex in 2017, Samsung...
Friday 30 November 2018
ASML expands operations in Taiwan
ASML has expanded its operations in Taiwan by opening a new country headquarters in Hsinchu, and plans to grow its total workforce stationed in Taiwan to over 2,500 by the end of...
Friday 30 November 2018
Pure-play foundry market visibility appears low for 1H19
Order visibility for the pure-play IC foundry sector for the first half of 2019 appears to be low. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has started negotiating with its...
Friday 30 November 2018
ASE reportedly to set up IC testing service center in Nanjing
ASE Technology Holding, the parent company of IC packagers Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), plans to set up an IC testing service...
Thursday 29 November 2018
US-China trade war affecting chip industry growth, says TSMC co-CEO
The ongoing tariff war between the US and China has already had a negative impact on all semiconductor industry sectors, according to CC Wei, co-CEO for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Wednesday 28 November 2018
Semiconductor equipment communication standard sees increasing application
To accelerate the development of communication infrastructure for mechanical networking to support Industry 4.0 applications amid the lack of unified communication standards, Taiwan...
Tuesday 27 November 2018
Supply chain partners see mixed impacts from iPhone order cuts
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been little affected by a cutback in chip orders for Apple's new iPhones as many of its other fabless clients are queuing for...
Monday 26 November 2018
MediaTek faces difficulty gaining 10% mobile AP shipment growth in 2019
Taiwan chipmaker MediaTek may find it a difficult job to score an estimated 10% annual growth in total mobile AP shipments for 2019, given the global smartphone market still facing...
Monday 26 November 2018
TSMC likely to post 14-16% revenue drop in 1Q19, report says
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is likely to post a 14-16% sequential decline in consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2019, due mainly to inventory correction...
Friday 23 November 2018
Qualcomm expands R&D team in Taiwan
Qualcomm has been expanding its local R&D team in Taiwan to bring the company closer to its Taiwan-based partners such as TSMC for the development of 5G mobile chips, according...
Wednesday 21 November 2018
Cleanroom constructor UIS enjoys robust orders
United Information Systems (UIS) had NT$24.817 billion (US$802.2 million) worth of orders on hand as of the end of October 2018, up NT$7.1 billion or over 40% from a year earlier,...
Wednesday 21 November 2018
TSMC to see record 4Q18 revenues on more 7nm contribution
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to post record revenues for the fourth quarter of 2018, although many others in the semiconductor sector have turned...
Tuesday 20 November 2018
Taiwan chipmakers asked to defer mining ASIC shipments
Taiwan IC designers capable of providing crypto mining ASIC solutions are feeling increasing pressure from customers postponing shipments and new product development amid Bitcoin...