316 news items tagged Globalfoundries
Pure-play foundries mulling floating price contracts for 2022
Monday 22 March 2021Taiwan-based pure-play foundries are already in talks with clients about contracts for 2022, and intend to implement a floating pricing policy amid tight capacity, according to industry...
Globalfoundries, Bosch team up for next-gen automotive radar technology
Tuesday 16 March 2021Globalfoundries has announced it is partnering with Bosch to develop and manufacture next-generation automotive radar technology, according to the companies.
TSMC sees revenue per wafer surge
Thursday 4 March 2021TSMC was the only pure-play foundry manufacturing ICs using both 7nm and 5nm process nodes, which boosted its overall revenue per wafer significantly in 2020, according to IC Insig...
TSMC ranks in top-10 for capacity in main wafer sizes
Friday 26 February 2021As of December 2020, only TSMC was among the wafer capacity leaders in each of the main wafer size categories ranked by IC Insights. The Taiwan-based foundry had the most 200mm wafer...
US Department of Defense partners with Globalfoundries to manufacture secure chips
Thursday 18 February 2021Globalfoundries has announced a strategic partnership with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to provide a secure and reliable supply of semiconductor solutions manufactured at GF's...
Top-5 wafer capacity leaders raise share of global capacity to 54%, says IC Insights
Wednesday 17 February 2021The top-5 wafer capacity leaders saw their combined installed capacity represent 54% of total global wafer capacity in December 2020, according to IC Insights. In 2009, the top-10...
Taiwan foundries gearing up for capacity expansions
Tuesday 9 February 2021Taiwan-based pure-play foundries are gearing up for capacity expansions in 2021 to satisfy growing customer demand, according to industry observers.
Fabless chipmakers worry about further supply constraints
Tuesday 2 February 2021With major Taiwan-based foundries expressing their supply commitments to their automotive customers, fabless chipmakers particularly second-tier players have expressed concerns about...
VIS to disclose details about new acquisition in 1Q21
Tuesday 5 January 2021Eight-inch foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is expected to announce details regarding a new acquisition later in the first quarter of 2021, according to market so...
VIS in talks to acquire 8-inch wafer fab from target seller
Monday 14 December 2020Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is again seeking to expand its 8-inch wafer foundry capacity through acquisitions to meet ever-booming demand from vendors of power management...
Taiwan Mask optimistic about 2021
Wednesday 25 November 2020Photomask supplier Taiwan Mask (TMC) has expressed optimism about its operations in 2021, citing robust demand from 8-inch and 12-inch foundries for mature-node manufacturing.
Eight-inch foundry quotes to rise up to 40% in 2021
Tuesday 24 November 2020Pure-play foundries including Globalfoundries, United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have raised their 8-inch foundry quotes by 10-15% in the...
GF, Soitec announce RF-SOI wafer supply agreement
Friday 6 November 2020Globalfoundries and Soitec have announced a multi-year supply agreement for 300mm radio frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) wafers.
Second-tier foundries eyeing bigger share in 8-inch foundry market
Friday 6 November 2020With 8-inch wafer fabrication demand rising rapidly for chips including ultra-thin fingerprint sensors, power management ICs, MOSFET chips and display driver ICs, second-tier foundries...
Dialog licenses non-volatile ReRAM technology to Globalfoundries for 22FDX platform
Tuesday 20 October 2020Dialog Semiconductor and Globalfoundries have entered into an agreement in which Dialog licenses its conductive bridging RAM (CBRAM) technology to Globalfoundries, according to the...
Global IC foundry output to surge 17% in 2020, says Digitimes Research
Wednesday 30 September 2020The global IC foundry industry output is forecast to increase 17% to US$70 billion in 2020, and rise another 6.8% in 2021, according to Digitimes Research's latest report.
Globalfoundries announces new 22FDX+ platform
Friday 25 September 2020Globalfoundries has announced the next generation of its FDX platform, 22FDX+, designed to meet the ever-growing need for higher performance and ultra-low power requirements of connected...
Possible SMIC blacklisting may reshape pure-play foundry landscape
Tuesday 8 September 2020The potential blacklisting of SMIC, China's largest pure-play foundry, by the US government may shake up the second-tier pure-play foundry market segment.
Episil sources GaN, SiC epitaxial wafer materials from GlobalWafers
Thursday 20 August 2020Episil Holdings has disclosed that subsidiary Episil-Precision is among GlobalWafers' customers looking to expand its gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafer...
UMC, VIS see 2Q20 revenue hit record highs
Friday 10 July 2020Pure-play foundries United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) both saw their consolidated revenues hit record-high levels of NT$44.39 billion (US$1.51...
Imec, GF claim breakthrough in AI chip
Friday 10 July 2020Imec and Globalfoundries (GF) have jointly announced a hardware demonstration of a new artificial intelligence chip. Based on Imec's analog in memory computing (AiMC) architecture...
GF rolls out 12LP+ FinFET process
Wednesday 1 July 2020Globalfoundries has announced its most advanced FinFET solution, 12LP+, which is ready for production. The differentiated 12LP+ solution is optimized for artificial intelligence (AI)...
GF to acquire land adjacent to NY fab
Tuesday 30 June 2020Globalfoundries announced recently it has secured a purchase option agreement for approximately 66 acres of undeveloped land adjacent to its most advanced manufacturing facility,...
SMIC in no position to challenge TSMC, Samsung in next 5 years
Wednesday 3 June 2020China's major homegrown foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) is gearing up to raise funds to support its development of advanced manufacturing nodes, but...
Globalfoundries has announced plans to implement export control security measures at its most advanced manufacturing facility, Fab 8, in Malta, New York. GF will bring its Fab 8 facility...