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Tuesday 6 July 2021
UMC enjoys another quarter of record revenue
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its revenue reach a record high for the second consecutive month in June. Revenue for the second quarter came to NT$50.91 billion...
Monday 5 July 2021
GF, PSMC see major business turnaround on robust foundry demand
Persistent foundry capacity crunch has not only ushered in high growth prospects for leading player TSMC, but also enabled some losses-ridden peers such as GlobalFoundries (GF) and...
Friday 2 July 2021
Foundries see orders continue pulling in
Pure-play foundries continue to see orders continue pulling in and are encouraged to raise again their quotes in the second half of this year, despite concerns raised recently about...
Thursday 1 July 2021
Automotive IC shortage starts easing
The shortage of automotive chips has begun to ease recently, buoyed by additional capacity support from foundries, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 30 June 2021
Highlights of the day: HPC chips to drive TSMC growth
HPC applications account for a large portion of the global foundry market, which TSMC considers a major driver of...
Wednesday 30 June 2021
Fierce competition among HPC chip suppliers to benefit TSMC
Foundry market leader TSMC has been pinpointed as a major beneficiary of the increasingly fierce competition among HPC chip providers, according to market sources.
Tuesday 29 June 2021
Highlights of the day: TSMC set to welcome record June sales
Strong demand from various IC segments is expected to send sales at TSMC to yet another record level in June, despite...
Tuesday 29 June 2021
TSMC likely to post record June revenue
TSMC is expected to see its revenue hit another record high in June 2021, despite a reported cutback in orders from China's Bitmain, industry sources believe.
Monday 28 June 2021
Backend demand for HPC chips strong, but ABF substrate support matters
Taiwan's OSATs, now sustaining full capacity utilization for wire-bonding process for lower-end logic chips, are embracing strong backend demand for diverse HPC chips, but their actual...
Monday 28 June 2021
Foundries accelerating 28nm process capacity expansions
Foundries including TSMC and UMC, and China's SMIC, have all stepped up their capacity expansions particularly for 28nm process, according to industry sources.
Thursday 24 June 2021
TSMC 6nm process attracts orders for 5G APs
Qualcomm, MediaTek and Unisoc have all placed orders for their upcoming 5G mobile application processors with TSMC demanding the foundry's 6nm process manufacturing, according to...
Thursday 24 June 2021
Foxconn plowing deeper into semiconductor and EV
Foxconn (Hon Hai) Technology Group has recently acquired a 5.03% stake or 120 million shares in Malaysia-based Dagang NeXchange (DNeX) for around NT$720 million (US$25.78 million)...
Thursday 24 June 2021
Taiwan OSATs see car ICs demand promising for next 3-4 years
Taiwan-based OSATs and chip probing service providers are upbeat about backend demand for automotive chips over the next three to four years, as international IDMs such as Renesas...
Thursday 24 June 2021
Foundries upcoming capacity expansions could lead to oversupply
Pure-play foundries including TSMC, UMC, Globalfoundries and Powerchip Technology have all outlined their aggressive capacity expansions, which could result in foundry overcapacity...
Thursday 24 June 2021
Acter confident about revenue gains despite pandemic in Taiwan, ASEAN
Taiwan-based clean room engineering specialist Acter remains confident that its revenues will rise steadily in the months ahead as long as the pandemic in Taiwan and Southeast Asia...