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Friday 15 June 2018
Taiwan Mask likely to swing to profit in 2018
Photomask supplier Taiwan Mask is expected to return profitable in 2018, following three years of losses, according to market watchers.
Wednesday 30 May 2018
IC sector prospering in Hefei, China
The IC industry in Hefei is one of the fast-growing IC industry clusters in China. In less than three years, a total of 129 IC companies including fabless firms, foundries and backend...
Wednesday 30 May 2018
Fabless firms to encounter rising foundry and mask costs in 2H18
Taiwan-based IC design houses have expressed caution about their gross margin performance in the second half of 2018, as they will encounter rising costs including higher quotes asked...
Wednesday 11 April 2018
Semiconductor photomask sales hit record US$3.7 billion in 2017, says SEMI
After several years of incremental increases, the worldwide semiconductor photomask market surged 13% to a record-high US$3.75 billion in 2017, according to SEMI.
Monday 19 March 2018
China wafer fabs can thrive on strong domestic demand, says Gudeng chairman
Bolstered by China's large population, solid mobile network infrastructures, and aggressive deployments in IoT and AI applications, the localization of its semiconductor industry...
Friday 2 February 2018
Photronics breaks ground for new photomask plant in China
Photomask solution provider Photronics has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new FPD facility in Hefei China recently. The new plant, named Photronics Mask Corporation Hefei...
Friday 26 January 2018
Toppan installs advanced photomask equipment at Shanghai plant
Toppan Photomasks has announced that additional investment will be made in new, leading-edge equipment for mass production of advanced photomasks at Toppan Photomasks Company Shanghai...
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Toppan gearing up support for migration to 7nm, 5nm
Toppan Printing is gearing up for its foundry customers' migration to 7nm process technology in 2018 and 5nm process in 2019, according to the Japan-based photomask vendor.
Wednesday 25 October 2017
Globalfoundries to adopt EUV for 7nm FinFET
Globalfoundries will first use EUV lithography technology in its 7nm FinFET node, and has started to work with AMD in the process development, said company CTO Gary Patton at a recent...
Tuesday 13 June 2017
Toppan welcomes partnership with China firms
Toppan Printing welcomes the potential for China-based companies to become partners, according to the Japan-based photomask vendor. Toppan is looking to work closely with China-based...
Tuesday 11 April 2017
Global semiconductor photomask market increases 2% in 2016, says SEMI
SEMI has reported that the worldwide semiconductor photomask market was US$3.32 billion in 2016. After increasing 1% in 2015, the photomask market grew 2% in 2016.
Tuesday 21 June 2016
Hoya to shift LCD photomask production to Taiwan, Korea
Japan-based Hoya, which has halted production of photomasks and other products at its Kumamoto plant since April 15 due to damage by earthquakes and an earthquake-induced fire in...
Wednesday 11 May 2016
SEMI reports 2015 semiconductor photomask sales of US$3.3 billion
SEMI has reported that the worldwide semiconductor photomask market was US$3.3 billion in 2015. After increasing 3% in 2014, the photomask market increased 1% in 2015, according to...
Tuesday 21 April 2015
Applied intros photomask etch solution for quadruple patterning at 10nm and beyond
Applied Materials has announced the Applied Centura Tetra Z Photomask Etch system for etching next-generation optical lithographic photomasks needed by the industry to continue multiple...
Thursday 16 April 2015
SEMI reports 2014 semiconductor photomask sales of US$3.2 billion
SEMI has reported that the worldwide semiconductor photomask market was US$3.2 billion in 2014 and is forecast to reach US$3.4 billion in 2016.