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Thursday 13 October 2022
SK Hynix to maintain normal production operations in China
SK Hynix has been authorized by the US Department of Commerce to receive fab tools needed for its production operations in China for one year without additional licensing requirements,...
Monday 3 October 2022
Speculation over Tesla's possible return to TSMC for advanced self-driving chips
TSMC held its in-person Technology Symposium with a virtual event in parallel for the first time in 2022, showcasing its industry-leading advanced logic technology, specialty technology,...
Wednesday 3 August 2022
US sanctions impede future expansion at mature nodes, but impacts are short-term, says former SMIC executive
Late evening on August 2, Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the US House of Representatives, landed in Taipei, Taiwan, marking the most geopolitically charged chapter of her ongoing Asia to...
Tuesday 2 August 2022
Tightened US ban on China chipmakers to have little impact on Taiwan
With the US tightening restrictions on China's access to chipmaking equipment, Taiwan-based fab tool suppliers engaged in the supply chain of SMIC and other China-based chipmakers...
Monday 18 July 2022
China revving up homegrown GPU development
GPU chips, with their powerful parallel computing capability and excellent programmability, are becoming an area of intense competition among semiconductor players, and many fabless...
Wednesday 6 July 2022
SMIC, Intel face different constraints in expanding global foundry market shares
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) and Intel are facing different constraints in expanding their presence in the global foundry market while they are on track to...
Monday 27 June 2022
Competition poised to heat up in 3-horse race for 3/2nm processes
Foundry market competitions among TSMC, Samsung Electronics and Intel will heat up significantly as they are advancing to 3/2nm manufacturing nodes, and it seems that Samsung will...
Monday 20 June 2022
Samsung eyeing closer ties with ASML, Imec
Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y Lee's recent visits to both ASML in the Netherlands and Imec in Belgium have had industry observers believe that the Korea-based vendor is...
Thursday 26 May 2022
UMC makes progress in new fab establishment
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) is making progress in the establishment of new 12-inch fabs at its manufacturing sites in southern Taiwan and Singapore, according...
Wednesday 25 May 2022
Global top-3 DRAM makers hold 94% of 2021 market
Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology held a combined 94% share of the global DRAM market in 2021, with Samsung and SK Hynix collectively taking up 71.3% of the market,...
Tuesday 3 May 2022
UMC may resume 14/12nm nodes for new-gen car, networking chips
Taiwan-based foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) is very likely to resume its 14/12nm process production soon at the request of major clients who are keenly eyeing next-generation...
Friday 25 March 2022
Foundries remain aggressive in fab capacity expansions
TSMC, Samsung Electronics, China's SMIC and other foundries are all poised to carry out their aggressive capacity expansion plans, despite heightened macroeconomic uncertainty.
Tuesday 1 March 2022
New UMC fab in Singapore to generate profit in 1st year of operation
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics' (UMC) new 12-inch fab in Singapore is expected to generate profits in its first year of operation, according to industry sources.
Friday 25 February 2022
UMC to expand Singapore fab site for additional 22/28nm process capacity
United Microelectronics (UMC) has announced plans to set up a new advanced manufacturing facility adjacent to its Fab12i in Singapore. Dubbed Fab12i P3, the facility is designed for...
Thursday 17 February 2022
Foundry customers reluctant to accept further price increases
Pure-play foundries, particularly second-tier players who have raised their quotes since late 2020, are seeing their fabless clients become increasingly reluctant to accept further...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research