2690 news items tagged TSMC
Highlights of the day: TSMC steps up car chip production
Friday 16 April 2021The carmaking industry has been plagued by components shortages for months, but TSMC says its supply of automotive...
FC packaging demand for HPC chips rising
Friday 16 April 2021Demand for flip-chip (FC) packaging particularly FC-BGA will be rising significantly driven by the HPC device market boom this year, and backend houses in Taiwan and China have seen...
TSMC to boost 5nm chip output in 2H21
Friday 16 April 2021TSMC is expected to substantially scale up its 5nm chip output in the second half of 2021 in order to boost 5nm chip sales as a proportion of its total wafer revenue to 20% by the...
Car vendors dealing with structural shortage of chips
Friday 16 April 2021Car vendors are dealing with a structural shortage of automotive chips resulting in their supply constraints, according to industry sources, who believe the impact of a recent power...
TSMC expects auto chip shortage to greatly improve starting 2Q21
Friday 16 April 2021The ongoing shortage of automotive chips will be greatly reduced starting the second quarter of 2021, according to pure-play foundry TSMC.
TSMC reportedly raises quotes for mature processes
Friday 16 April 2021TSMC has adjusted upward its quotes for mature processes, prompting suppliers particularly LCD driver IC firms to also raise their chip prices, according to industry sources.
Taiwan LCD driver IC firms to post profit gains in 2Q21
Thursday 15 April 2021Taiwan-based LCD driver IC suppliers have already notified their customers about price hikes of 10-20% or more for their TDDI and other DDI chips starting April, and are poised to...
Highlights of the day: TSMC expects flat growth in 2Q21 sales
Thursday 15 April 2021TSMC expects flat sequential growth in its second-quarter 2021 sales, but has upward revised its outlook for full-year 2021 revenue to around 20% growth. The foundry...
TSMC expects flat 2Q21, raises capex outlook
Thursday 15 April 2021TSMC expects to post revenues of between US$12.9 billion and US$13.2 billion in the second quarter of 2021, which is a 1% sequential increase at the midpoint. Gross margin and operating...
Taipei AMPA and Autotronics Taipei 2021 kick off
Thursday 15 April 2021Taipei AMPA (Automobile and Motorcycle Parts and Accessories) and Autotronics Taipei are being held from April 14-17 with a total of 380 exhibitors showcasing their latest automotive...
ICs play bigger role in Taiwan exports
Thursday 15 April 2021ICs accounted for a record-high 35.5% of Taiwan's total exports in 2020, indicating Taiwan-based chipmakers are increasingly critical to the country's economy, according to Digitimes...
TSMC to see strong 2Q21, but challenges ahead
Thursday 15 April 2021TSMC is expected to enjoy a particularly strong second quarter of 2021, but is facing challenges such as the impact of the US sanctions against Tianjin Phytium and a worsening drought...
TSMC suspends part of mature-node chip production due to power outage
Thursday 15 April 2021A power outage experienced by TSMC's Fab-14A P7 at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) on April 14 prompted the foundry to halt part of its 40/45nm and other mature-node chip...
Highlights of the day: TSMC confident about US fab project
Tuesday 13 April 2021TSMC chairman Mark Liu took part in a White House-hosted online meeting of the world's semiconductor powerhouses on Tuesday. After the meeting, Liu reiterated the Taiwan-based
TSMC reiterates commitment to US fab project
Tuesday 13 April 2021TSMC chairman Mark Liu, who participated in a virtual summit hosted by the Biden administration to discuss global chip shortages and the US plan to rebuild its semiconductor manufacturing...
Taiwan pure-play foundries to see revenue hit another record highs in 2Q21
Tuesday 13 April 2021TSMC, United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are all expected to see their revenues hit another record highs in the second quarter of 2021, as...
Major Taiwan IC design houses to hike prices in 2Q21
Tuesday 13 April 2021MediaTek and Elan Microelectronics both plan to raise their chip prices by 10-20% to reflect rising foundry costs starting May 1, while fellow IC design company Realtek Semiconductor...
Highlights of the day: TSMC may spend even more this year
Monday 12 April 2021TSMC is scheduled to hold its investors' conference later this week. Market observers speculate that the foundry house may disclose plans to revise upward its capex budget for 2021,...
TSMC likely to raise 2021 capex target
Monday 12 April 2021TSMC is likely to provide a revision to its capex target for 2021 at its upcoming earnings conference call scheduled for April 15, according to market observers.
TSMC bold capex plan driving capacity expansions at ecosystem partners
Monday 12 April 2021TSMC's bold US$100 billion capex plan for the next three years has greatly boosted the confidence of its ecosystem partners about bright prospects for the semiconductor industry,...
Server industry sees component supply growing tighter in 2Q21
Friday 9 April 2021Server components including ICs, passive components, cables and chassis have seen supply growing tighter in the second quarter, according to sources from the server supply chain.
Backend houses see order visibility for CIS, sensor chips through 4Q21
Friday 9 April 2021Backend houses continue to enjoy strong demand for processing IP camera chips and CMOS image sensor (CIS) chips, with their order visibility clear through the fourth quarter of 2021,...
TSMC posts record revenue for March , 1Q21
Friday 9 April 2021TSMC's consolidated revenue for March and first-quarter 2021 both set record highs.
Strong Chromebook shipments to buoy chip suppliers in 2Q21
Friday 9 April 2021Taiwan-based IC design houses including MediaTek, Elan Microelectronics and Integrated Technology Express (ITE) continue to enjoy a strong pull-in of orders for Chromebooks, which...
Taiwan fab toolmakers see order visibility extended to 2023
Thursday 8 April 2021Taiwan-based fab toolmakers are set to join their international bigger peers to gain from higher capital spending among major foundries from 2021 through 2023, judging from their...

TSMC: Steady semiconductor industry growth to persist for at least a decade
Photo: Andrea Liu, DigiTimes, Friday 23 June 2006
- A year after US hit Huawei, TSMC hometown basks in property boom (Apr 7) - Nikkei Electronics Asia
- China's first 7nm GPU nears mass production, pics emerge (Apr 2) - Tom's Hardware Guide
- Why shortages of a US$1 chip sparked crisis in the global economy (Apr 6) - Bloomberg
- Apple-designed 5G modem said to debut in all 2023 iPhone models (Mar 11) - Mac Rumors
- Arizona emerges as manufacturing hotspot in U.S. push to insulate semiconductor supply from China (Feb 23) - Fortune
- ISSCC plenary: A bright foundry future (Feb 15) - EE Times
- Qualcomm CEO elect says Huawei ban may help with chip shortages (Feb 12) - Bloomberg
- EU weighs deal With TSMC, Samsung for semiconductor foundry (Feb 11) - Bloomberg
- AMD might solve GPU stock woes by outsourcing some production to Samsung (Feb 2) - Techradar
- The world is dangerously dependent on Taiwan for semiconductors (Jan 26) - Bloomberg