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Wednesday 22 January 2025
TSMC leads in 2024 as UMC, VIS, and PSMC face challenges in semiconductor market recovery
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) anticipates wafer shipments will stay flat sequentially in the first quarter of 2025, with wafer ASPs in US dollars decreasing 4-6%.
Tuesday 21 January 2025
Southern Taiwan Earthquake Disrupts Semiconductor Production: Half-Day Output Loss Expected
In the early hours of January 21, a powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Chiayi, Taiwan, forcing leading semiconductor manufacturers—TSMC, UMC, and Innolux—to implement...
Monday 20 January 2025
Taiwan IC foundries face changing business climate in China
The Biden Administration's restrictions on China's 16/14nm technology implementation are poised to significantly affect TSMC's Fab 16 in Nanjing.
Thursday 9 January 2025
Chinese foundries cut prices to vie for orders, while UMC and VIS pursue redirected orders
The US continues to tighten its trade restrictions against China, with the Biden-Harris administration launching a Section 301 investigation into China's mature process technologies,...
Tuesday 31 December 2024
2024 review: AI boom and geopolitics disrupt the global semiconductor industry
The semiconductor industry witnessed unprecedented transformations in 2024, marked by strategic acquisitions, technological breakthroughs, and geopolitical tensions. As artificial...
Monday 23 December 2024
CIP, UMC sign CPPA for Fengmiao offshore wind farm, boosting semiconductor green energy goals
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has signed a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) with United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) for the development of the Fengmiao...
Tuesday 3 December 2024
Biden's final chip salvo hits China: TSMC steady, UMC-VIS gain
The US government is preparing to expand restrictions on semiconductor equipment and related chip sales to China, particularly targeting AI and High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) products...
Wednesday 6 November 2024
NexChip and Samsung Foundry lead 3Q24 LCD/OLED driver IC markets
NexChip and Samsung Foundry have emerged as the dominant players in the display driver IC (DDIC) market for the third quarter of 2024, according to the latest insights from Omdia's...
Thursday 31 October 2024
UMC sees falling fab utilization and gross margin in 4Q24
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) anticipates a decline in both its fab utilization rate and gross margin in the fourth quarter of 2024, and has lowered its capital...
Monday 14 October 2024
Hycon merger with SiS to boost revenue and gross margin in 2025
Microcontroller unit (MCU) manufacturer Hycon Technology will officially merge with IC design house Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) on January 1, 2025. With the support of wafer...
Tuesday 8 October 2024
UMC sees 3Q24 revenue hit 7-quarter high
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its third-quarter revenue climb to a 7-quarter high, thanks to consistent growth in mature process utilization.
Tuesday 24 September 2024
China's mature chip dominance looms, Taiwan IC designers urged to prioritize sub-7nm
China is poised to take the lead in the global market for mature semiconductor manufacturing processes as it continues to expand its production capacity. Industry experts warn that...
Wednesday 18 September 2024
Taiwan wafer foundry industry, 3Q 2024

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Thursday 5 September 2024
Indian IC design startup raises US$3milion, to launch security chips made by UMC
India-based IC design house BigEndian Semiconductors raised US$3 million and aims to partner with Taiwan-based UMC to launch security chips amid the emergence of a local semiconductor...
Friday 9 August 2024
SiS and Hycon merge to drive major product transformation
Taiwan-based IC design firm Silicon Integrated Systems Corp (SiS) announced it will acquire MCU manufacturer Hycon Technology through a share swap.