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Wednesday 19 July 2023
Wave Power eyeing increased sales to TSMC, ASML for double-digit revenue gain

Taiwan-based Wave Power Technology, dedicated to supplying microwave tubes, industrial magnetrons and variable capacitors, has entered the supply chains of TSMC and ASM,...

Wednesday 19 July 2023
Improving Samsung's GAA production yields seen a lengthy and laborious process
From the perspective of foundries, increasing Samsung's yields of GAA (gate-all-around) transistor production would be a lengthy and laborious process that appears to be considerably...
Wednesday 19 July 2023
TSMC will lead 3nm process market, as TechInsights report reveals
TSMC can temporarily exhale a breath of relief as the efficacy of Samsung's 3nm GAA technology has been revealed by a recent TechInsights study, according to sources at fab toolmak...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
Fab toolmakers see orders contract
Semiconductor equipment suppliers are experiencing a decline in customer orders, which may limit their growth in the second half of this year, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 18 July 2023
Samsung Foundry reportedly received 4nm AI chip order; advanced packaging may become bottleneck
Reports stated that due to Samsung Foundry's massive improvement in its 4nm process yield rate, it has already secured an AI chip foundry order from a major data center client.
Tuesday 18 July 2023
Upcoming MacBook Pro to feature 3nm processors
Apple's next-generation MacBook Pro slated for launch in the third quarter is expected to feature Apple's M3 chip, which uses TSMC's 3nm process, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 18 July 2023
AMD unlikely to shift 3nm chip orders to Samsung, sources say
AMD is unlikely to transfer 3nm chip orders to Samsung Electronics, given that it has been working with TSMC on the technology for at least two years and that its relationship with...
Monday 17 July 2023
Major Taiwan semiconductor players refrain from buying wafer probers, ATE in 2H23
Taiwan's OSATs and foundry TSMC that boasts testing capacity have refrained from making the expected purchases of new wafer probers and automated testing equipment (ATE) from major...
Monday 17 July 2023
TSMC's C. C. Wei already told us whether India is suitable for chip foundries
Foxconn called off the joint venture plan with India's Vedanta Group without disclosing the reason. Interestingly, market rumors are now saying that Foxconn is discussing with TSMC...
Monday 17 July 2023
Weekly news roundup: advances in China's ongoing struggle for AI chips and other top stories from the previous week

TSMC seeing more orders from China-based AI chip suppliers

Monday 17 July 2023
TSMC supplier GENIIDEAS to benefit from customers' overseas expansion
GENIIDEAS, a TSMC supplier, has been benefiting from the foundry's expansion in recent years, showing impressive performance. The company stated that the overall order volume is at...
Friday 14 July 2023
I saw "de-globalization" at Semicon China
TSMC founder Morris Chang on July 4 delivered a keynote speech titled "Redefining Globalization," presenting his views on the current geopolitics and posing a question to the audience,...
Friday 14 July 2023
TSMC and Samsung to be less of a duopoly in open foundry market, says Yole Intelligence
As the US is spending tens of billions in attracting investments to solidify its leadership in the global semiconductor ecosystem, analysts forecast the US and its European allies...
Friday 14 July 2023
TSMC likely to post over 10% revenue growth in 3Q23
TSMC will likely post an over 10% sequential revenue increase in the third quarter of 2023, when the pure-play foundry's fab utilization rate will return to more than 80%, according...
Friday 14 July 2023
Backend fab toolmakers see short lead-time orders from TSMC
TSMC has stepped up its pace of orders with backend equipment suppliers, as the foundry commences its chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) packaging capacity expansion plan, according...