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Friday 16 September 2022
Fab toolmakers remain upbeat about demand from TSMC
With TSMC poised to carry out its capacity expansion projects in Taiwan and overseas on schedule, fab toolmakers remain upbeat about demand from the pure-play foundry, according to...
Friday 16 September 2022
Car OEMs should work closely with foundries, says TSMC executive
Automotive OEMs should work closely with IDM and pure-play foundries and consider building "buffer stocks" to ensure their stable supply, according to Ming-Cheng Lin, director of...
Friday 16 September 2022
ASE, TSMC team up for silicon photonics
ASE Technology is partnering with TSMC on the development of silicon photonics (SiPh), and has cut into the supply chain of Tier-1 chip vendors for co-packaged optics (CPO) products,...
Thursday 15 September 2022
Taiwan reactivates overseas tech talent recruitment campaign
As part of its efforts to ease serious domestic talent shortage, the government in Taiwan has recently reactivated its overseas recruitment campaign, which was earlier interrupted...
Thursday 15 September 2022
Semiconductor firms TSMC and TEL go all out to get talent
As semiconductor companies are busy building new fabs in Asia and also in Europe and the US, talent shortage is becoming a big headache. How desperate are semiconductor companies...
Wednesday 14 September 2022
Former TSMC R&D chief expresses optimism as Samsung and Intel intensify competition
Burn J Lin, a former TSMC vice president best known for his pioneering work on immersion lithography, has lately offered a dose of optimism towards the Taiwanese foundry's future,...
Tuesday 13 September 2022
Equipment makers Gudeng and Symtek see brisk order visibility through 2023
Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer specialized in mask solutions and wafer handling tools, and automation equipment maker Symtek Automation...
Tuesday 13 September 2022
Nvidia and TSMC partner to develop silicon photonics solutions, sources say
TSMC is involved in an R&D project led by Nvidia to use its silicon photonic (SiPh) integration technology called COUPE (compact universal photonic engine) for graphics hardware...
Monday 12 September 2022
Semiconductor inventory crisis to be peaking starting 4Q22
The actual semiconductor inventory storm has not yet arrived, and different supply chain segments will show starkly divided performances in the fourth quarter of the year, with most...
Thursday 8 September 2022
Chip industry seeks an ecosystem-wide solution as ESG catches up with Moore's Law
With traditional OSAT providers, IDMs and foundries like Intel, TSMC and ASE heading into advanced packaging technologies to tap the growing high performance computing market, concerns...
Thursday 8 September 2022
TSMC revenue hits another record high in August
TSMC has announced revenue for August reached NT$218.13 billion (US$7.06 billion), a record high for the second consecutive month.
Thursday 8 September 2022
TSMC says on track for sales growth in 2022, 2023
TSMC has reiterated its sales growth forecast for 2022 of 34-36% and another strong growth year ahead.
Wednesday 7 September 2022
MA-tek likely to post 20% revenue surge in 2022
IC analysis and certification lab Material Analysis Technology (MA-tek) is expected to post a 20% revenue surge in 2022, thanks to a strong pull-in of orders from foundries, according...
Wednesday 7 September 2022
TSMC maintains high capacity utilization for 7nm process platform
TSMC continues to utilize over 95% of production capacity for its 7nm process platform, thanks to solid demand for N6, according to sources at IC design houses and fab toolmakers.
Tuesday 6 September 2022
Flexium becomes first Taiwan PCB maker to join RE100 Initiative
Taiwan-based flexible PCB maker Flexium Interconnect has recently announced its official entry into R100, a global renewable energy initiative led by Climate Group and the Carbon...