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Monday 2 December 2019
UMC sees clear growth momentum for 5G in 2020
Taiwan's pure-play foundry UMC will see clear growth momentum in 2020 come from ever-increasing chips foundry demand for 5G applications, with clients moving actively to pull in shipments...
Thursday 28 November 2019
UMC enters risk production for 5G RF switches
Pure-play foundry UMC has kicked off risk production for 5G RF switches using its 12-inch wafer fabrication lines, which are also looking to be validated for other 5G chip designs,...
Tuesday 26 November 2019
TSMC 7nm chip supply remains tight
TSMC continues to see its 7nm manufacturing processes run at full utilization, according to sources at fabless chipmakers who said new orders placed recently cannot be fulfilled at...
Tuesday 26 November 2019
TSMC Nanjing swings to quarterly profit
TSMC Nanjing Company has reported its first quarterly profit for the third quarter, which narrowed its losses to NT$1.41 billion (US$46.1 million) in the first three quarters of 2019...
Monday 25 November 2019
GlobalWafers new fab in Korea to mass produce 12-inch wafer in 3Q20
GlobalWafers has disclosed it has inaugurated the second plant of its wholly-owned subsidiary MEMC Korea Company (MKC), which is scheduled to start volume production of 12-inch silicon...
Friday 15 November 2019
TSMC, UMC plan capacity expansions in China
TSMC and UMC both plan to expand production capacities at their 12-inch wafer fabs in China to satisfy growing demand from local chipmakers.
Thursday 14 November 2019
Powerchip sees improvement in order visibility
Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC), a foundry subsidiary of Powerchip Technology, has seen its order visibility improve and managed to return to monthly profits in the second...
Thursday 14 November 2019
TSMC, UMC to allocate more 12-inch fab capacity for display driver IC
TSMC and UMC are set to allocate more of their available 12-inch fab capacities for the fabrication of display driver ICs in 2020 to satisfy growing demand for applications such as...
Wednesday 13 November 2019
Chinese DRAM maker CXMT ramping 19nm process output
China-based DRAM chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT, formerly Innotron) has managed to improve its 19nm process manufacturing yield rates to satisfactory levels, and is...
Tuesday 12 November 2019
Silicon wafer makers see chipmakers reluctant to strike LTA contracts
Silicon wafer manufacturers have seen their clients become more reluctant to sign long-term agreements (LTA) particularly those for 8-inch and smaller size products, according to...
Monday 11 November 2019
Silicon wafer shipments in low gear for 4Q19
Silicon wafer shipments are expected to stay in low gear in the fourth quarter of 2019 as clients have decelerated their shipment pull-in to facilitate year-end financial settlements,...
Tuesday 29 October 2019
IC design rises as largest segment in China semiconductor industry
China's semiconductor industry has experienced a more reasonable structural adjustment with IC design replacing packaging and testing as the largest segment in terms of revenue contribution...
Tuesday 29 October 2019
China DRAM rise looming, may reshape global market in 5-10 years
The global DRAM market, now over 90% controlled by three major players Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron, is likely to experience a structural shakeup in the next 5-10 years,...
Monday 28 October 2019
Winbond posts profit growth in 3Q19
Specialty DRAM and flash memory maker Winbond Electronics has announced net profit increased 27.9% sequentially to NT$591 million (US$19.3 million) in the third quarter of 2019. EPS...
Thursday 24 October 2019
TSMC to accelerate 3nm fab construction
TSMC is expected to step up the construction of its advanced 3nm wafer fab after securing 30 hectares of land in the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) by the end of 2019, according...