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Wednesday 9 November 2022
TSMC reportedly to invest another US$12 billion to expand Arizona fab capacity
A Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report quoted sources saying that TSMC is going to expand its investment in Arizona by producing 3nm chips besides the current 5nm capacity. The...
Wednesday 9 November 2022
TSMC 7nm process capacity utilization falling rapidly
Capacity utilization rates for TSMC's 7nm process platform and its process variants N6, N7 have fallen below 50%, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 9 November 2022
MediaTek introduces 4nm smartphone chip
MediaTek has introduced a new smartphone application processor series built on TSMC's second-generation 4nm process technology, and expects smartphones powered by the new chips to...
Tuesday 8 November 2022
40nm likely to become mainstream process for car chips in 5 years
Automotive chips are on track for manufacturing process upgrades, with 40nm technology likely to replace 90nm as the mainstream process node in five years, according to industry so...
Monday 7 November 2022
Foundry, backend houses see capacity utilization fall further on more LTA cancellations
In response to sharp order cuts by downstream clients, an increasing number of smaller IC designers in Taiwan, especially those focusing more on PC-related chip solutions, have canceled...
Friday 4 November 2022
TSMC capacity expansions facing potential changes with geopolitical influences
Despite TSMC's robust sales in the past few years and estimated strong performance in 2023, geopolitical tensions will continue to influence the foundry's decision in capacity expansion...
Thursday 3 November 2022
Leaders in semiconductor in 2030 (10): Golden decade vs perfect storm
MediaTek chairman Ming-Kai Tsai has noted that we often overestimate the short-term benefits and underestimate the long-term business opportunities. In 1998 when he started his business,...
Thursday 3 November 2022
TSMC puts capacity expansion focus on 3nm capacity, US fab
TSMC has put its capacity expansion focus on 3nm process manufacturing and the foundry's advanced wafer fab in the US, according to sources at fab toolmakers.
Wednesday 2 November 2022
IC design houses fail to negotiate lower quotes with TSMC, UMC
IC design houses have failed to negotiate lower foundry quotes for the first half of 2023 with TSMC and United Microelectronics (UMC), as the former foundry maintains its plan for...
Monday 31 October 2022
TSMC sees major clients continue order cuts, but remains confident about 2023
With semiconductor inventory woes intensifying at supply chains, even TSMC cannot withstand the subsequent order-cutting storm, as many of its top-10 clients have cut more orders...
Thursday 27 October 2022
TSMC launches OIP 3DFabric Alliance
TSMC has announced the Open Innovation Platform (OIP) 3DFabric Alliance to help customers achieve fast implementation of silicon and system-level innovations and enable next-generation...
Thursday 27 October 2022
WPG eyeing bigger presence beyond Greater China markets
IC distributor WPG is looking to grow its presence in non-Greater China markets, with plans to set up new branch offices in North America and Southeast Asia to serve its customers...
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,...
Wednesday 26 October 2022
Nvidia CEO meeting Taiwan suppliers
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is now in Taiwan meeting TSMC and other Taiwan-based suppliers, as well as customers, hoping to work together to go through difficult times facing the industry...
Tuesday 25 October 2022
Chiplet mass adoption easier said than done
As the semiconductor industry once again frets over the future of Moore's Law, the notion of chiplets has gained traction, especially as the technology has come to be prominently...