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Tuesday 18 July 2023
Samsung Foundry reportedly received 4nm AI chip order; advanced packaging may become bottleneck
Reports stated that due to Samsung Foundry's massive improvement in its 4nm process yield rate, it has already secured an AI chip foundry order from a major data center client.
Monday 17 July 2023
UMC fully owns 12-inch foundry subsidiary in Xiamen
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has completed acquiring the rest of the shares from its Chinese partners in the Xiamen joint venture, United Semiconductor, for a total...
Friday 14 July 2023
Korean media: Samsung's foundry business likely faces US$780 million in losses for 1H23
BusinessKorea cited sources in the foundry industry saying that Samsung Electronics' foundry division, including the System LSI Division, is estimated to have posted sales...
Friday 14 July 2023
TSMC and Samsung to be less of a duopoly in open foundry market, says Yole Intelligence
As the US is spending tens of billions in attracting investments to solidify its leadership in the global semiconductor ecosystem, analysts forecast the US and its European allies...
Friday 14 July 2023
TSMC likely to post over 10% revenue growth in 3Q23
TSMC will likely post an over 10% sequential revenue increase in the third quarter of 2023, when the pure-play foundry's fab utilization rate will return to more than 80%, according...
Friday 14 July 2023
Backend fab toolmakers see short lead-time orders from TSMC
TSMC has stepped up its pace of orders with backend equipment suppliers, as the foundry commences its chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) packaging capacity expansion plan, according...
Thursday 13 July 2023
TSMC fab expansion in Taiwan critical for preserving supply chain advantage
The continuous expansion of TSMC's fab in Taiwan, home to the world's largest pure-play foundry, is essential for preserving the country's supply chain advantages, according to industry...
Thursday 6 July 2023
Samsung unveils new foundry strategy for the AI era
In response to the advent of the AI era, Samsung Electronics is gearing up to strengthen its semiconductor ecosystem, and has further announced that it will expand the provision of...
Thursday 6 July 2023
Powerchip to set up 12-inch wafer fab in Japan
Pure-play foundry Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) has reached a deal with SBI Holdings under which the Taiwan-based company will gain the investment firm's support to...
Wednesday 5 July 2023
Taiwan's Powerchip teams up with SBI to build Japan foundry
Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. and investment firm SBI Holdings Inc. are teaming up to build a foundry in Japan to meet growing demand by manufacturers to source...
Tuesday 4 July 2023
SMIC founder highlights China's strength in automotive semiconductor production
China is a competitive location for the production of advanced semiconductors due to strong government support, high productivity, abundant resources, massive labor force, and extensive...
Tuesday 4 July 2023
China to impose export restrictions on compound semi materials
China will begin enforcing export restrictions on gallium and germanium-related materials used to manufacture compound semiconductors next month.
Monday 3 July 2023
Quantum Foundry selects Veeco MBE systems for quantum computing applications
Veeco Instruments recently announced that the company has received an order for multiple GEN20 molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) systems from Denmark-based Quantum Foundry Copenhagen....
Friday 30 June 2023
US foundry SkyWater boosts presence in edge computing with qualified ReRAM IP
US-based foundry SkyWater Technology has confirmed that Weebit Nano's Resistive Random Access Memory (ReRAM) IP has been fully qualified for industrial temperatures employing SkyWater's...
Thursday 29 June 2023
TSMC to see fab utilization rates rise substantially
Pure-play foundry TSMC will see its fab utilization rates, notably for sub-7nm process manufacturing, rise substantially in the second half of this year, according to sources at fab...