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Thursday 22 August 2019
TSMC advancing 3D IC integration technology
TSMC continues to move forward with its 3D-IC integration technology development, pursuing cutting-edge performance resulting from heterogeneous components that are "seamlessly con...
Wednesday 21 August 2019
IC material distributors positive about 5G-driven demand
Semiconductor materials distributors Wahlee Industrial and Topco Scientific are both optimistic that strong demand for high-end engineering plastics, silicon wafers and photoresist...
Wednesday 21 August 2019
TSMC to see revenues surge in 2020
Growing chip demand for 5G- and AIoT-related applications will boost TSMC's revenues for 2020, which are expected to climb over 10% on year, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 20 August 2019
MediaTek 5G SoC on track; Qualcomm faces 7nm EUV yield issues at Samsung, sources say
Unsatisfactory yield rates at Samsung's 7nm EUV process may affect production for the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 7250 mobile SoC, but MediaTek's development of 5G chips, with support...
Tuesday 20 August 2019
China foundry HSMC to push chiplet standard formulation, says CEO Shang-yi Chiang
While Moore's Law is approaching its physical limits, only a few could still afford the expensive game of process shrink. And when the post-Moore's Law era comes, semiconductor firms,...
Tuesday 20 August 2019
Graphics card market to see heated competition between Nvidia, AMD, Intel in 2021
Nvidia's dominance in the discrete graphics card market is expected to see strong challenges from Intel and AMD beginning from 2021, according to sources from the upstream supply...
Friday 16 August 2019
Backend firm Xintec focuses more on high-profit CIS applications
CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging specialist Xintec has put increased focus on high-profit segments of healthcare, industrial control and automotive CIS applications, and expects...
Thursday 15 August 2019
SMIC to move FinFET process to volume production by year-end 2019
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to have its more-advanced 14nm FinFET process ready for volume production by the end of 2019.
Wednesday 14 August 2019
TSMC board approves US$6.5 billion for advanced process, capacity expansion
The board of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved capital appropriations of about US$6.5 billion for the construction of new fab facilities, installation,...
Tuesday 13 August 2019
TSMC to see revenues rise substantially starting August
TSMC is expected to enjoy substantial revenue growth starting August with the momentum to continue through the last quarter of 2019, according to market watchers, who expect the pure-play...
Monday 12 August 2019
TSMC gearing up for another semiconductor supercycle
The global semiconductor market is set to enter a dynamic new phase of growth, as the era of 5G network looms around the corner. TSMC, the world's largest pure-play foundry, is also...
Monday 12 August 2019
TSMC revenues slip in July
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported July consolidated revenues slipped 1.3% sequentially but grew 14% on year to NT$84.76 billion (US$2.7 billion).
Friday 9 August 2019
AMD to enjoy rising share in server market with new generation EPYC platform
AMD has launched its second-generation EPYC server processors manufactured using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 7nm process technology, and the new platform is...
Tuesday 6 August 2019
Highlights of the day: 7nm node driving TSMC sales
The latest escalation in the US-China trade war may have cast a shadow over the IT supply chain, but the world's top foundry house TSMC is seeing strong demand for its 7nm...
Tuesday 6 August 2019
HiSilicon enhancing in-house chip development capability
HiSilicon Technologies, a chipset solution arm of Huawei, has been ramping up its chipset orders for 7nm and other advanced node products at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...