Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to post a revenue decline of 16-18% sequentially in the first quarter of 2019, with gross margin ranging from 20% to 22%.
China-based IC production is forecast to exhibit a strong 2018-2023 CAGR of 15%, according to IC Insights. Considering that China-based IC production was only US$23.8 billion in 2018,...
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) is expected to enter volume production of chips built using 14nm FinFET process technology in the first half of 2019, fulfilling the...
Several major China- and Taiwan-based contract chipmakers including United Microelectronics (UMC), Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), Vanguard International Semiconductor...
Defying slack demand from smartphone and the impact of the US-China trade war, foundry houses in Taiwan and China are rushing to expand capacities at their 8-inch wafer fabs seeking...
Order visibility for the pure-play IC foundry sector for the first half of 2019 appears to be low. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has started negotiating with its...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to post record revenues for the fourth quarter of 2018, although many others in the semiconductor sector have turned...
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to move its first-generation FinFET process technology to risk production in the first half of 2019.
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to post a revenue decline of 7-9% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2018, with gross margin...
The production value of the global foundry industry is expected to grow by a CAGR of 6.2% to reach US$81.94 billion in 2023, the final year of a five-year forecast period, driven...
Despite China's semiconductor industry aggressively carrying out diverse development projects, increasingly serious talent shortage is casting clouds over the development, making...
The average revenue generated from processed wafers among the four biggest pure-play foundries - TSMC, Globalfoundries, UMC and SMIC - is expected to be US$1,138 in 2018 when expressed...
Lithography tool vendor ASML is optimistic about increases in demand from China's chipmaking industry, and believes it will land orders for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) litho equipment...
Eight-inch IC foundries have seen order visibility become unclear for the fourth quarter of 2018, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.
As most of the 12-inch wafer foundry fabs built in China in 2016-2017 will kick off commercial run in late 2018, China's combined monthly foundry capacities at 12-inch fabs will surge...
