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Thursday 1 September 2022
The lesson from Shang-Yi Chiang (2)
Intel has been keen on pursuing the most advanced technology, but has not been as quick to make decisions as TSMC when it comes to responding flexibly to market needs. Intel could...
Monday 29 August 2022
SMIC to expand 300mm fab in Tianjin
China's largest foundry SMIC announced on August 26 that it planned to establish a new 300mm fab in Tianjin, China, with a capacity of 100,000 wafers per month. With US$7.5 billion...
Monday 29 August 2022
TSMC, UMC to see 22/28nm chips capacity fully loaded till end-year
TSMC and UMC will see full capacity utilization for 22/28nm processes persist at least throughout 2022, as their capacities vacated by some consumer chip clients are soon filled by...
Thursday 25 August 2022
SMIC founder reportedly sets up photomask materials firm in China
Richard Chang, who founded China's pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), has reportedly orchestrated the establishment of a semiconductor photomask materials...
Friday 19 August 2022
SMIC to keep long-term capacity expansion plans unchanged
China's top foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) has decided not to change its long-term capacity expansion plans despite volatile market environments, sparking...
Wednesday 17 August 2022
Chinese IC industry counts on chiplet to mitigate US sanctions
As US sanctions continue to intensify, China's semiconductor industry has been looking for ways to bypass the curbs. Chiplet, a modular approach of chip design that integrates multiple...
Wednesday 17 August 2022
Foundries see IC design houses scale back orders for 4Q22
Foundries particularly second- and third-tier players continue to see their fabless clients scale back orders that will drag down further their fab capacity utilization in the fourth...
Friday 12 August 2022
Falling demand and US sanctions leave marks on SMIC's earnings report
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) has posted its earnings report for 2Q22, showing a 41.6% YoY revenue growth reaching US$1.9 billion. Gross profit was US$750...
Tuesday 9 August 2022
Hua Hong to raise CNY18 billion from STAR listing
China-based foundry Hua Hong Semiconductor is heading toward its share listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board (STAR Market) of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), looking...
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...
Tuesday 26 July 2022
STAR-listed firms reach total market cap of nearly CNY5,640 billion
The number of companies listed on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board (STAR) of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has increased to 439 currently from just 25 when it began trading ion on...
Friday 22 July 2022
SMIC 7nm technology reportedly found in ASIC chips for cryptomining
TechInsights has claimed that Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) uses 7nm process technology to manufacture the MinerVa Bitcoin Miner SoC. The China-based foundry is...
Wednesday 20 July 2022
China IC designers score points in developing homegrown CPUs
China has witnessed rapid development of homegrown CPU chips in recent years, gradually stretching from single product development to ecosystem deployments looking to break the dominance...
Tuesday 19 July 2022
China semiconductor equipment vendors stay upbeat about 2H22
China's semiconductor equipment vendors managed to score impressive revenue gains for the first half of 2022, and remain confident about their shipment prospects for the rest of the...