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Thursday 16 January 2020
SMIC scaling up 14nm chip output
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has kicked off volume production of chips built using 14nm FinFET process technology at its manufacturing site in Shanghai since the...
Wednesday 15 January 2020
Taiwan IC design houses ramping up output for 1Q20
Taiwan-based IC design houses have started ramping up their output for their customers' new products slated for launch mainly in China during the end of the first quarter and the...
Monday 13 January 2020
SMIC likely to snatch HiSilicon chip orders from TSMC
China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) with its 14nm FinFET process manufacturing is likely to obtain orders from HiSilicon, which has been among the major clients...
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...
Tuesday 5 November 2019
TSMC, UMC enjoy ramp-up in China fab utilization rates
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have both seen their China-based wafer fab utilization rates pick up recently, driven by growing...
Friday 18 October 2019
Robust 7nm and 5nm chip demand to drive TSMC 2020 growth
TSMC is set to enjoy another year of record-high sales in 2019, but net profits are unlikely to break the record high set last year due mainly to disappointing results during the...
Thursday 17 October 2019
TSMC expects 9% sales growth to hit another record in 4Q19
TSMC expects to enjoy another quarter of record high revenues, while adding an additional US$4 billion in its full-year capital budget. The pure-play foundry has forecast revenues...
Monday 14 October 2019
TSMC 16nm production lead time stretched
TSMC has already seen its 16nm chip supply fall short of demand, with longer delivery lead times, according to sources at IC design service companies.
Friday 27 September 2019
More Chinese firms developing advanced-node CPUs in-house
More China-based firms have become keen on in-house development of new-generation CPUs and GPUs, allowing Taiwan IC design service providers, especially those associated with TSMC,...
Friday 27 September 2019
TSMC 16nm, 12nm and 10nm chip supply becomes tight
In addition to its tight 7nm chip supply, with delivery lead times extending to over six months, pure-play foundry TSMC has seen its supply of 16nm, 12nm and 10nm chips also fall...
Tuesday 24 September 2019
China homegrown processors to be ready for mass shipments in 2020
China's homegrown processor makers will be ready for commercial shipments of their newly developed CPUs and GPUs in 2020, according to industry sources.
Monday 2 September 2019
TSMC, UMC see China-based fabs operate in the red in 1H19
Both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) saw losses from their 12-inch wafer fabs in China during the first half of 2019, while fellow...
Friday 23 August 2019
Xilinx intros FPGA featuring 9 million system logic cells
Xilinx has announced the expansion of its 16nm Virtex UltraScale+ family to now include what the company claims is the world's largest FPGA, the Virtex UltraScale+ VU19P, with 35...
Thursday 15 August 2019
SMIC to move FinFET process to volume production by year-end 2019
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to have its more-advanced 14nm FinFET process ready for volume production by the end of 2019.
Thursday 18 July 2019
TSMC expects 18% revenue increase in 3Q19
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expects to post consolidated revenues of between US$9.1 billion and US$9.2 billion in the third quarter of 2019, up about 18% sequentially...
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