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Thursday 10 September 2020
IC design houses brace for impact of possible US ban on SMIC
Taiwan-based fabless chipmakers, with many of them contracting SMIC to manufacture their chips supplied to the Chinese market, are mulling shifting orders away from the China-based...
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.
Monday 7 September 2020
China gearing up development of third-generation semiconductors
China is poised to step up developing third-generation semiconductors including SiC and GaN materials for wide-ranging applications including new 5G communications, energy vehicles...
Friday 28 August 2020
Taiwan fab toolmakers brace for impact of HSMC woes
Taiwan-based fab toolmakers engaged in the supply chain of China's Hongxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (HSMC) have expressed concerns about whether the foundry startup is proceeding...
Friday 28 August 2020
SMIC revenue, profits surge in 1H20
Rising wafer shipments and ASPs boosted pure-play foundry SMIC's revenue and net profits in the first half of 2020.
Monday 24 August 2020
Taiwan IC designers to see growing pressure from China homegrown competitors
Taiwan's IC designers have benefited the most from China's de-Americanization campaign, but they will have to brace for new competition pressure from Chinese chipmakers aggressively...
Thursday 13 August 2020
Huawei reportedly developing display driver ICs in-house
Huawei is reportedly teaming up with foundry house SMIC to develop display driver ICs, a move which may undercut the dominant position that Taiwan's LCD driver IC suppliers have enjoyed...
Friday 7 August 2020
SMIC posts profit hike in 2Q20
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has reported revenue grew 18.7% on year and 3.7% sequentially to US$938 million in the second quarter...
Tuesday 4 August 2020
SMIC to form JV for sub-28nm chip production
China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has struck a deal with the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area Management Committee (BDAC) to form a JV fab that...
Friday 24 July 2020
Equipment maker Nova positive about 2H20
Taiwan-based Nova Technology, which specializes in water, gas and chemical process systems, expects a substantial pick-up in orders from China's chipmaking sector to drive its overall...
Monday 20 July 2020
SMIC faces hurdles catching up with TSMC
China's state-backed SMIC has stepped up the development of its FinFET process technology, disclosing plans to roll out its FinFET N+1 and N+2 processes without implementing EUV li...
Friday 17 July 2020
Top China backend firms gaining significant expansion momentum
China's top-3 backend houses JCET, Huatian Technology and Tongfu Microelectronics, now all among the world's top-10 IC assembly and testing firms, are gaining increasing business...
Thursday 16 July 2020
SMIC debuts on China STAR market
China-based pure-play foundry house Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) starts trading its shares on the science and technology innovation board (STAR) of China's Shanghai...
Friday 19 June 2020
GPTC to supply equipment for new TSMC packaging plant
Grand Plastic Technology (GPTC), specializing in wet process facilities, will see equipment orders for TSMC's new advanced packaging plant in Taiwan start generating revenues in 2021,...
Thursday 18 June 2020
NOR flash ASP likely to drop in 2H20, says DRAMeXchange
NOR flash ASPs went up about 5% sequentially in the first quarter and have registered another on-quarter rise of 10-20% in the second quarter, but are likely to fall in the second...
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