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Thursday 5 May 2022
Silicon Labs working closely with Taiwan foundries, OSATs
Silicon Labs, a US-based wireless SoC and MCU provider, continues to work closely with its Taiwan-based foundry and OSAT partners to improve its delivery lead times, according to...
Thursday 5 May 2022
AMD to roll out 5nm processors as early as September
AMD is expected to roll out its new-generation processors built using TSMC's 5nm process technology as early as September, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 4 May 2022
Intel mulls adopting TSMC 5nm process in new Meteor Lake chips
Intel is evaluating a revision to its blueprints for the 14th Gen Core "Meteor Lake" CPUs by turning to TSMC's 5nm process family to manufacture all of the integrated chips, according...
Friday 29 April 2022
MA-tek enjoys robust chip analysis orders for advanced processes
IC analysis and certification lab Material Analysis Technology (MA-tek) continues to enjoy a rapid rise in analysis demand for sub-7nm chips, particularly 3/2nm process now under...
Friday 29 April 2022
China firms eyeing close partnerships with TSMC
Xiaomi, Oppo, Bitmain Technologies, and AI processor startup Horizon Robotics are all eyeing close partnerships with TSMC to satisfy their growing demand, particularly that for sub-5nm...
Thursday 28 April 2022
Tight fab capacity may encourage Taiwan foundries to raise prices again
TSMC's still-tight fab capacity may encourage the foundry to raise its foundry quotes in June, with fellow Taiwan-based foundries likely to follow suit making another upward adjustment...
Wednesday 27 April 2022
India still wooing investments from TSMC and Intel
Despite commitments from companies such as Foxconn to set up fabs, the Indian government is still wooing Intel and TSMC to establish a local fab.
Wednesday 27 April 2022
Pure-play foundries see automotive chip orders continue ramping up
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries continue to see orders for automotive semiconductors ramp up while stepping up their capacity expansion pace, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 26 April 2022
ASE competing with leading foundries, IDMs in advanced packaging segment
With advanced 2.5D and 3D IC packaging technologies requiring a considerable amount of capex for R&D and manufacturing capabilities, there will be just a few players engaged in...
Monday 25 April 2022
TSMC chip shipments for Apple devices to top NT$500 billion in 2022
TSMC is estimated to rake in revenues of NT$500 billion (US$17.024 billion) from fulfilling Apple orders in 2022, up from NT$405.4 billion in 2021, with the US tech giant expected...
Monday 25 April 2022
IC wafer capacity to climb 8.7% as 10 new fabs enter production
IC wafer capacity is forecast to grow 8.7% in 2022 after rising 8.5% in 2021, thanks to the addition of 10 new 300mm fabs that are scheduled to open this year, according to IC Insi...
Friday 22 April 2022
Shuen Der Industry, Jih lin Technology benefit from Tesla's growing demand
As Tesla aims to produce 1.5 million electric vehicles in 2022, hiking 60% on year, its demand for highly customized Si-based IGBT modules and SiC-based power modules supplied by...
Friday 22 April 2022
TSMC sets timetable to commercialize 2nm GAA process in 2025
TSMC has set a timetable to move its 2nm GAA process to production in 2025 while commercializing its 3nm FinFET process with improved yield rates in the second half of 2022, with...
Friday 22 April 2022
What TSMC founder tries to tell America beyond chips
TSMC founder Morris Chang again made the headlines by giving frank opinions on the semiconductor policy of the United States. But shrewd readers should definitely read between the...
Thursday 21 April 2022
Samsung hits snag in 3nm process, yet posing new challenges to TSMC
Poor 3nm GAA process yield performance is deemed as a major setback for Samsung Electronics in its advanced foundry technology race with TSMC, which may dash the Korean tech giant's...