Global semiconductor capacity is expected to increase by 6.4% in 2024 to top the 30 million wafers per month (wpm) mark for the first time after rising 5.5% to 29.6 wpm in 2023, according...
Unfavorable market conditions have not slowed the pace of capacity expansion at key Chinese foundries, and this trend is expected to continue in 2024, according to industry sources...
TSMC is on target to increase its 3nm fab capacity to 100,000 wafers per month in 2024 but may fall short of meeting customer demands for the node except for Apple, according to supply...
Japanese electronic giant Sony has just opened a new factory in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, and has purchased land in Kumamoto Prefecture, intending to build another CMOS Image Sensor...
The US is fortifying itself against a potential dumping of Chinese-made legacy chips, a risk foreseen by Taiwan-based IC design houses amid a decoupling of the global chip market.
Nippon Steel Corporation, one of the world's largest steel makers, said on December 18 that it would buy the United States Steel Corporation for about US$14.9 billion. The purchase...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently admitted that Huawei is a formidable competitor. Huang, however, downplayed the significance of Huawei's 7-nanometer chip, stating that there is nothing...
Weak demand in the market is not preventing Taiwan-based passive component makers from expanding overseas capacity, with Southeast Asia being a major destination for their new plan...
As the global factory manufacturing model breaks down under geopolitical concerns, the paradigm has gradually shifted to region-centric production in local facilities. Hon Hai (Foxconn)...
BYD has stepped up its semiconductor business deployment, extending its Chengdu production location to add fab capacity for automotive chips, according to industry sources in China...
Inventory restocking is anticipated to increase capacity utilization within the semiconductor supply chain starting in the latter half of 2024, according to market observers.
Despite global inflation, rising interest rates, and challenges in the Chinese economy impacting the PCB industry Taiwan's three major copper-clad laminate (CCL) suppliers –...
