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Friday 5 February 2021
SMIC to focus on non-FinFET capacity expansion in 2021
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), China's most advanced and largest pure-play foundry, has set its capex target this year at US$4.3 billion in which the majority will...
Tuesday 2 February 2021
Fabless chipmakers worry about further supply constraints
With major Taiwan-based foundries expressing their supply commitments to their automotive customers, fabless chipmakers particularly second-tier players have expressed concerns about...
Thursday 7 January 2021
China to fall far short of IC self-sufficiency goal by 2025, says IC Insights
IC Insights has forecast that China-produced ICs will represent only 19.4% of the country's IC market in 2025, a fraction of the country's "Made in China 2025" goal of 70%.
Thursday 7 January 2021
SMIC sees US ban hit supply of chemical raw materials and consumables
The US trade ban against China-based SMIC has restricted the pure-play foundry's capability of obtaining semiconductor equipment for its process technology advancements. Nevertheless,...
Tuesday 5 January 2021
China NAND flash controller supplier raises prices by 50%
China's Yeestor Microelectronics has raised prices for its flash memory controllers for embedded storage applications by as much as 50%, according to market sources.
Monday 4 January 2021
SMIC reportedly gets US license for mature manufacturing process
China's SMIC has reportedly received US licenses to import equipment for use in mature-node processes, which may help relieve the global 8-inch foundry capacity shortages, according...
Thursday 24 December 2020
Taiwan IC testers ask clients to procure own process components
Taiwan-based IC testing houses have asked their fabless and IDM clients to shoulder some of the components costs needed to process their orders, a measure tantamount to raising prices,...
Tuesday 22 December 2020
SMIC may have to put sub-14nm process development on hold
China's SMIC, which has been added to a US trade blacklist, may have to put the development of its sub-14nm process technologies on hold, Digitimes Research believes.
Thursday 17 December 2020
SMIC struggling to obtain EUV litho equipment
China's SMIC is struggling to obtain crucial EUV lithography equipment for the development of its sub-7nm process technologies, and will be seeking a dialogue with ASML with the help...
Wednesday 16 December 2020
SMIC co-CEO Liang reportedly offers to resign
Mong-song Liang has submitted his resignation to SMIC's board of directors after the China-based foundry decided to bring back Shang-yi Chiang to its management, according to sources...
Wednesday 16 December 2020
China IC foundry output to continue growth in 2021, says Digitimes Research
China's IC foundry industry will register another growth in output next year, driven by the country's efforts in boosting its IC self-sufficiency, as well as international chipmakers'...
Monday 14 December 2020
NOR flash to be in short supply with prices to rise 5% in 1H21
NOR flash chips supply is expected to fall short of demand by 5% in 2021, and their quotes are estimated to rise 5% in the next two quarters amid overall inventory level falling significantly,...
Friday 11 December 2020
Foundry capex to account for 34% of total semi capex in 2020, says IC Insights
Following spending of US$106.1 billion in 2018 and US$102.5 billion in 2019, worldwide semiconductor capex is expected to grow 6% to US$108.1 billion this year, according to IC Ins...
Monday 7 December 2020
Silicon IP provider M31 to see 4Q20 revenue hit record high
Taiwan-based M31 is expected to see its revenue hit a record high in the fourth quarter of 2020, thanks to robust advanced-node chip orders for emerging 5G and AI applications, according...
Tuesday 24 November 2020
China smartphone AP shipments, 3Q 2020

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