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Wednesday 15 July 2020
MediaTek backend partners to see clear order visibility till 1Q21
MediaTek's backend partners in Taiwan including ASE Technology, King Yuan Electronics and Sigurd Microelectronics will see clear order visibility stretching to at least the first...
Wednesday 15 July 2020
TSMC sees mature process capacity utilization pick up
TSMC has seen capacity utilization rates for 16nm and more mature processs pick up recently, and has demanded sufficient supplies from related materials providers through October,...
Wednesday 15 July 2020
Market watchers bullish on TSMC revenue outlook
Market watchers are generally optimistic about TSMC's sales performance in the third quarter and all of 2020, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and tougher US sanctions against...
Tuesday 14 July 2020
China de-Americanizing supply chain rapidly
China has been stepping up its de-Americanization campaign seeking to strengthen its chip self-sufficiency in 2020 as its trade disputes with the US intensify, according to industry...
Tuesday 14 July 2020
FocalTech seeking more 8-inch foundry capacity at TSMC
FocalTech Systems is seeking to secure more 8-inch foundry capacity at TSMC aiming to satisfy robust demand for its TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips, according to...
Friday 10 July 2020
TSMC posts record June revenue
TSMC saw its June revenue climb to a record high of NT$120.88 billion (US$4.1 billion), rising 28.8% sequentially and 40.8% on year. Revenue for the first half of the year totaled...
Thursday 9 July 2020
Taiwan IC exports hit record in June
Taiwan's monthly IC exports soared past the US$10 billion level in June for the first time ever, reaching US$10.253 billion for an annual increase of 27.54% due mainly to rush shipments...
Thursday 9 July 2020
Orsted and TSMC sign wind power purchase agreement
Orsted and TSMC have signed a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) where the foundry house will offtake the full production from the former's 920MW offshore wind farm in central...
Thursday 9 July 2020
Artilux teaming up with TSMC
Artilux has announced that through its collaboration with TSMC, the company has developed its fully compliant all optical HDMI 2.1 IC solutions based on CMOS technology.
Tuesday 7 July 2020
IC analyzer MA-tek posts 20% revenue growth in 1H20
IC analysis and certification lab Material Analysis Technology (MA-tek) saw its revenue climb 20.2% from a year earlier to NT$1.42 billion (US$48.3 million) in the first half of 2020,...
Tuesday 7 July 2020
Major Taiwan fabless firms strive for more foundry support
Taiwan's first-tier IC design houses, such as MediaTek, have demanded more capacity support from their foundry partners recently, according to industry sources.
Monday 6 July 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC eyeing supercomputer chips
TSMC has also developed InFO_SoW (system-on-wafer) technology mainly for processing supercomputing AI chips. Demand for such extremely costly chips may be limited, but TSMC looks...
Monday 6 July 2020
TSMC may commercialize InFO_SoW for supercomputer AI chips in two years
TSMC, after launching 3D SoIC backend service, has also developed InFO_SoW (system-on-wafer) technology mainly for processing supercomputing AI chips and is expected to enter commercial...
Monday 6 July 2020
TSMC fab tool suppliers see promising outlook
Taiwan-based semiconductor equipment suppliers engaged in TSMC's supply chain are set to be among the beneficiaries of the foundry house's advanced process capacity expansion with...
Monday 6 July 2020
TSMC to issue NT$13.9 billion bonds to fund capacity expansion
The board of directors of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved plans to issue NT$13.9 billion (US$471.7 million) in unsecured bonds to help purchase new...