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Tuesday 10 July 2018
TSMC revenues fall 6% in 2Q18
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its second-quarter revenues register an about 6% sequential decrease and slightly outperform its guidance given in mid-April...
Monday 9 July 2018
US-China trade rift hitting 2H18 Taiwan electronics shipments
With deep presence in the global electronics and tech supply chains, Taiwan businesses are beginning to feel the pinch of mounting trade tensions between the US and China that are...
Friday 6 July 2018
IC designers lower growth goals for 3Q18 on unclear order visibility
Taiwan chipmakers have quietly revised downward their revenue growth projections for the third quarter of 2018, as their order visibility for the quarter remains unclear amid the...
Wednesday 4 July 2018
Crypto mining system to see short-term order surge because of flooding in China, says report
Graphics cards and ASIC mining systems are expected to see a short-term surge in orders from the cryptocurrency mining sector as Sichuan province, where over 70% of the mining systems...
Friday 29 June 2018
Graphics card prices expected to drop in July
The cryptocurrency mining chill has weakened demand for graphics cards, with suppliers planning to axe prices trying to clear their inventory. Sales of ASIC mining systems have also...
Tuesday 26 June 2018
Silicon wafer prices likely to spiral upward through 2025
Global supply of silicon wafers will remain tight and their prices are expected to spiral upward probably through 2025 due to ever-expanding demand and slow capacity expansions at...
Tuesday 26 June 2018
TSMC partners see big revenue gains from advanced process nodes
With TSMC ramping up its 7nm chip output and gearing up for 5nm risk production, the foundry's ecosystem partners including equipment and photomask suppliers, IP developers and EDA...
Monday 25 June 2018
China IC output value to surge 28.8% in 2018, says Digitimes Research
China's annual IC production value is estimated to surge 28.8% on year to US$27.59 billion in 2018, mainly bolstered by sustained domestic demand, capacity expansions, optimized product...
Monday 25 June 2018
TSMC dominance in 7nm process enhanced with InFO package
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is enjoying a sweeping dominance in the 7nm process space, as it has entered volume production of APs for new iPhones set to hit...
Friday 22 June 2018
TSMC likely to make Qualcomm 7nm Snapdragon chips
Speculation has been circulating that Qualcomm will return to TSMC for 7nm. Industry sources believe that the foundry with its 7nm FinFET process node will win back its major contract...
Friday 22 June 2018
TSMC ramping up 7nm chip production
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has started commercial production of chips built using 7nm process technology, according to company CEO CC Wei. The foundry is also...
Friday 22 June 2018
TSMC develops SiP technology
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been enhancing its IC packaging capability by developing system-level packaging technology.
Wednesday 20 June 2018
Morris Chang: A banquet that marks the conclusion of an era
Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) recently hosted a banquet to bid farewell to Morris Chang following his retirement. The guests there - including leaders in the tech...
Friday 15 June 2018
IC designers vying hard for 8-inch foundry support despite quote hikes
Despite foundry quotes at 8-inch fabs in Taiwan and China to see 20-30% hikes in the third quarter of 2018, IC design houses across the Taiwan Straits are gearing up to vie for foundry...
Thursday 14 June 2018
Government backing crucial for Taiwan IC achievements, says TSMC CEO
When Texas Instruments' new engineer Jack Kilby invented the world's first IC in 1958, no one could imagine that 60 years later, ICs have deeply rooted in Taiwan, now the world's...