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Tuesday 5 January 2021
VIS to disclose details about new acquisition in 1Q21
Eight-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...
Monday 14 December 2020
VIS in talks to acquire 8-inch wafer fab from target seller
Vanguard 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...
Wednesday 25 November 2020
Taiwan Mask optimistic about 2021
Photomask 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.
Tuesday 24 November 2020
Eight-inch foundry quotes to rise up to 40% in 2021
Pure-play foundries including Globalfoundries, United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have raised their 8-inch foundry quotes by 10-15% in the...
Friday 6 November 2020
GF, Soitec announce RF-SOI wafer supply agreement
Globalfoundries and Soitec have announced a multi-year supply agreement for 300mm radio frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) wafers.
Friday 6 November 2020
Second-tier foundries eyeing bigger share in 8-inch foundry market
With 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...
Tuesday 20 October 2020
Dialog licenses non-volatile ReRAM technology to Globalfoundries for 22FDX platform
Dialog Semiconductor and Globalfoundries have entered into an agreement in which Dialog licenses its conductive bridging RAM (CBRAM) technology to Globalfoundries, according to the...
Wednesday 30 September 2020
Global IC foundry output to surge 17% in 2020, says Digitimes Research
The 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.
Friday 25 September 2020
Globalfoundries announces new 22FDX+ platform
Globalfoundries 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...
Tuesday 8 September 2020
Possible SMIC blacklisting may reshape pure-play foundry landscape
The 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.
Thursday 20 August 2020
Episil sources GaN, SiC epitaxial wafer materials from GlobalWafers
Episil Holdings has disclosed that subsidiary Episil-Precision is among GlobalWafers' customers looking to expand its gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafer...
Friday 10 July 2020
UMC, VIS see 2Q20 revenue hit record highs
Pure-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...
Friday 10 July 2020
Imec, GF claim breakthrough in AI chip
Imec 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...
Wednesday 1 July 2020
GF rolls out 12LP+ FinFET process
Globalfoundries has announced its most advanced FinFET solution, 12LP+, which is ready for production. The differentiated 12LP+ solution is optimized for artificial intelligence (AI)...
Tuesday 30 June 2020
GF to acquire land adjacent to NY fab
Globalfoundries announced recently it has secured a purchase option agreement for approximately 66 acres of undeveloped land adjacent to its most advanced manufacturing facility,...