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Thursday 11 July 2019
TSMC 2H19 performance hinges mostly on new iPhones sales
TSMC's better-than-expected revenues for second-quarter 2019 in defiance of some operational hiccups may have come as a confidence boost, but a spate of variables may affect the pure-play...
Wednesday 10 July 2019
Highlights of the day: TSMC 2Q19 sales better than expected
TSMC has reported better-than-expected growth in revenues for the second quarter of 2019, with the prospect of seeing...
Wednesday 10 July 2019
TSMC posts revenue growth in June
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues for June 2019 increased 6.8% sequentially and 21.9% on year to NT$85.87 billion (US$2.76 billio...
Wednesday 10 July 2019
Order visibility for IC packaging materials clear throughout 3Q19
Clear order visibility for diverse IC packaging materials is seen through the end of the third quarter of the year thanks mainly to increasingly robust demand from OSAT (outsourced...
Wednesday 10 July 2019
Gudeng posts record 2Q19 revenues
Taiwan-based Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer specializing in mask solution products and wafer handling equipment, saw its revenues climb...
Tuesday 9 July 2019
Taiwan chipmakers gearing up for 3D sensor market boom
Foundries including Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC), epitaxial wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC), fabless chipmaker Himax Technologies,...
Monday 8 July 2019
Highlights of the day: TSMC outlook
Despite hiccups over the last few months, including the US trade ban on Huawei that has roiled the smarrtphone market, TSMC's...
Monday 8 July 2019
AMD releases 7nm desktop CPUs, GPUs; server CPUs to come
AMD on July 7 began selling its third-generation Ryzen 3000 series processors along with its RDNA-based Radeon RX 5000 series graphics cards codenamed Navi, both adopting Taiwan Semiconductor...
Monday 8 July 2019
TSMC extending tech lead over peers in 5G era, defying pricing threats
TSMC is widely expected to adjust downward its revenue and profit guidance for 2019 at its upcoming investor conference set for July 18 due to recent operational hiccups. But the...
Thursday 4 July 2019
Highlights of the day: Why did Nvidia switch to Samsung from TSMC?
Nvidia has recently revealed that its next-generation GPU will be manufactured by Samsung on 7nm EUV process. The revelation should not have come as a big surprise, as Nvidia probably...
Thursday 4 July 2019
What is behind Nvidia switch from TSMC to Samsung?
Nvidia has decided to choose Samsung Electronics over TSMC for producing next-generation GPUs in 2020 on 7nm EUV (extreme ultraviolet) node despite Samsung's yield rates for the process...
Wednesday 3 July 2019
Taiwan forms alliance to develop AI chips
Taiwan has formed an AI on Chip Taiwan Alliance (AITA) - an ecosystem consisting of 56 IT and semiconductor manufacturing companies, IC design and software firms aiming to foster...
Wednesday 3 July 2019
Ambiq Micro adopts TSMC 40ULP process in wireless SoC production
Ambiq Micro and TSMC have jointly announced that Ambiq's Apollo3 Blue wireless SoC, built on TSMC's 40nm ultra-low power (40ULP) process, has achieved world-leading power consumption...
Wednesday 3 July 2019
Foxconn set to build 12-inch wafer fab in 2020 as IDM
Foxconn Technology Group is likely to kick off construction of a 12-inch wafer fab in 2020 in Zhuhai, southern China in cooperation with the city government there, and will operate...
Tuesday 2 July 2019
TSMC to get new CFO September 1
TSMC CFO Lora Ho will leave her current position on September 1 as she will move forward to oversee the pure-play foundry's Europe and Asia business. Ho's CFO vacancy will be filled...