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Tuesday 11 July 2017
SK Hynix sets up foundry subsidiary, says report
Memory chipmaker SK Hynix has announced the establishment of wholly-owned subsidiary SK Hynix System IC, which will be specializing in IC foundry services, according to a report from...
Thursday 29 June 2017
Powerchip eyeing orders from Illumina
Powerchip Technology is looking to become the second foundry partner of Illumina following Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), according to industry sources.
Monday 26 June 2017
SMIC mass producing 28nm HKMG chips
Semiconductor Manufacturing International's (SMIC) 28nm HKMG process has entered its mass production stage, according to company CEO Haijun Zhao. SMIC will move forward making chips...
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Powerchip to restart NOR flash manufacturing
Powerchip Technology has restarted its NOR flash production line amid tight supply of the memory.
Friday 16 June 2017
Nanya sells partial stake in Micron
Taiwan-based DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has announced the sale of part of its stake in US-based Micron Technology, with an aim to increase the company's working capital and repay...
Tuesday 6 June 2017
Nanya May revenues down 5% on-month
DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$4.12 billion (US$136.7 million) for May 2017, down 4.7% on month but up 42.1% from a year ago.
Saturday 3 June 2017
SMIC eyeing top-3 spot in pure-play foundry segment
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) is aiming to become a global top-3 pure-play foundry chipmaker by 2020, according to the China-based company. In addition to advanced...
Thursday 1 June 2017
Tsinghua Unigroup chair criticizes Qualcomm for forming JV with local chipmaker
Tsinghua Unigroup chairman Zhao Weiguo has criticized Qualcomm's intention of forming a joint venture with fabless chip firm Leadcore Technology and two local investment firms in...
Thursday 11 May 2017
Sumco lowering wafer shipments to XMC, say sources
Sumco has reportedly cut its wafer shipments to Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (XMC), and given priority to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Intel and...
Tuesday 9 May 2017
VIS seeking 8-inch fab equipment from memory chipmakers
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is looking to expand its 8-inch fabs, and has approached several memory makers to buy their second-hand equipment,...
Friday 28 April 2017
UMC to roll out 22nm process as early as 2018
Foundry chipmaker UMC has disclosed plans to roll out 22nm process technology as early as 2018. UMC has started IP development for its 22nm process, and expects to introduce the node...
Thursday 27 April 2017
UMC expects flat performance in 2Q17
United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its wafer shipments and ASPs to stay flat sequentially in the second quarter of 2017, when the foundry chipmaker's capacity utilization rate...
Tuesday 11 April 2017
Yangtze River Storage mulling development of DRAM tech in-house
Yangtze River Storage Technology (YMTC) is considering developing its own DRAM manufacturing technology, and may enter directly 18/20nm production, according to the China-based memory...
Friday 20 January 2017
Nanya buys equipment from ASML
DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has announced the purchase of a batch of machinery equipment for about NT$4.3 billion (US$135.8 million) from ASML.
Tuesday 29 November 2016
MediaTek to roll out new product line for automotive industry
MediaTek has announced plans to bring holistic, fully integrated system solutions to the automotive industry beginning the first quarter of 2017.