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Tuesday 8 November 2022
Taiwan semiconductor equipment output value to exceed US$3.13 billion in 2022
The annual output value of Taiwan's semiconductor equipment industry is expected to be well over NT$100 billion (US$3.13 billion) in 2022, given that the output value for the first...
Monday 31 October 2022
Win Semi expects over 10% revenue drop in 4Q22
GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors, which saw its revenue drop 26% sequentially in the third quarter of 2022, expects to post another sequential revenue decline of 11-13% in the fourth...
Monday 31 October 2022
Global semiconductor sales drop in 3Q22, SIA says
Worldwide semiconductor sales fell on both sequential and on-year bases in the third quarter of 2022, according to the latest Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) statistics.
Thursday 27 October 2022
Major foundries see lead times for fab tools shorten
Tougher US controls of semiconductor tech exports to China have considerably increased the availability of fab tools available and brought up the fab toolmakers' inventory levels,...
Friday 21 October 2022
Global 200mm fab capacity to surge 20% through 2025, says SEMI
Semiconductor manufacturers worldwide are expected to see their combined 200mm fab capacity increase 20% from 2021 through 2025, adding 13 new 200mm lines as the industry reaches...
Thursday 29 September 2022
Taiwan to lead fab equipment spending in 2022
Global fab equipment spending for front-end facilities is forecast to grow about 9% to a record high of US$99 billion in 2022, when spending in Taiwan will surge 47% on year to US$30...
Tuesday 27 September 2022
Smoltek Semi and YAGEO Group sign Joint Development Agreement to commercialize discrete capacitors
Smoltek Nanotech Holding AB (Smoltek) announces that the group company Smoltek Semi AB (Smoltek Semi) has entered into a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with a subsidiary of YAGEO...
Wednesday 14 September 2022
Taiwan stepping up development of homegrown 3rd-gen compound semi industry
The Taiwan government is looking to actively support local suppliers engaged in the production of third-generation compound semiconductors, such as GlobalWafers, Hermes-Epitek, and...
Wednesday 14 September 2022
Taiwan compound semi industry faces challenges, says GlobalWafers chairperson
Challenges such as entry barriers for substrates and other raw materials, and rising production costs are facing Taiwan's compound semiconductor industry supply chain, according to...
Wednesday 14 September 2022
Inventory correction for handset PAs to last longer, says Win Semi
Inventory correction for handset power amplifiers (PA) is going to take a longer time than expected, according to Dennis Chen, chairman for Taiwan-based GaAs foundry Win Semiconduc...
Tuesday 6 September 2022
SEMI: Semiconductor material market to increase nearly 9% to US$69.8 billion in 2022
In a press release promoting the Strategic Material Summit scheduled to be held in September during the week of SEMICON Taiwan 2022, Terry Tsao, President of SEMI Taiwan and the association's...
Friday 26 August 2022
Semi equipment suppliers Acter, Novatech enjoy robust orders
Cleanroom engineering specialist Acter and its factory equipment subsidiary Nova Technology (Novatech) continue to enjoy strong demand from the chipmaking industries in China and...
Monday 1 August 2022
You can't just sit back
TSMC has mastered the structural advantage, but can it just sit back? DIGITIMES recently collaborated with National Taiwan University's (NTU) leadership program to conduct a series...
Friday 22 July 2022
Taiwan must maintain strategic patience
At this stage, it is clear that China wants the Pacific Ocean to be big enough to accommodate the two powers of China and the US, and to gain more time and space in order to bring...
Thursday 21 July 2022
To stay put or to take action?
When US president Joe Biden visited South Korea, he visited Samsung Electronics' 3nm semiconductor fab. Should Taiwan or TSMC envy that? South Korea has a high-profile role to play...