China's largest chip foundry, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) expressed pessimism about the possibility of a business turnaround in the near term during its...
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to post a revenue decline of 13-15% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2022, with gross margin...
Tougher US controls of semiconductor tech exports to China have considerably increased the availability of fab tools available and brought up the fab toolmakers' inventory levels,...
Both TSMC and Samsung Electronics are seeing their production scale for 3nm chips constrained due to difficulty in having good control of orders from big clients, and their capacity...
TSMC's former R&D heavyweight Shang-Yi Chiang unexpectedly appeared at the recent annual Hon Hai Tech Day (HHTD) and participated in three forums, sparking speculation about whether...
A TechInsight report disclosed in July 2022 that Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) had been shipping 7nm chips made with 14nm equipment for the MinerVa Bitcoin...
The latest tough and expanded US restrictions on shipments to China of advanced chips manufacturing equipment, supercomputer chips and high-end AI and HPC chips will not only drastically...
As the US heightened restrictions toward China's semiconductor industry on October 7, China's securities regulator has greenlighted China's first mutual fund that targets Chinese...
China's top pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has recently broken ground for a new 12-inch wafer fab in Tianjin, expecting to have a monthly capacity...
China-based IC design houses, such as Espressif Systems, have stepped up their deployment in the Wi-Fi chip market by targeting a wide range of IoT device applications.
Chinese semiconductor firms are moving at full throttle to purchase as many semiconductor equipment and materials as possible from abroad as the US is expected to take tougher measures...
Chinese chipmakers are keen on developing homegrown automotive power semiconductors, particularly IGBT chips and modules long in shortage, looking to replace part of foreign supplies...
Former US president Donald Trump successfully prevented ASML from shipping its EUV lithography machines to China in 2019, and talks of further extending the ban to DUV machines have...
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...
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...
