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Wednesday 28 June 2017
ASE expects to outgrow global logic IC industry in 2017, says COO
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), the world’s largest outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) company, will see its 2017 sales growth outperform the global...
Tuesday 27 June 2017
MediaTek shifts half of its 16nm chip orders away from TSMC, says report
Half of MediaTek's 16nm chip orders placed with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will be shifted to Globalfoundries, according to a report from Taiwan's TechNe...
Thursday 22 June 2017
Xiaomi sampling in-house developed Surge S2 chips, says report
Earlier in 2017, Xiaomi Technology unveiled its first in-house developed smartphone solution, dubbed Surge S1, which is built by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)...
Wednesday 21 June 2017
TSMC secures 7nm chip orders from Qualcomm
TSMC has regained chip orders from Qualcomm for baseband chips produced on its 7nm process, but not application processors, according to industry sources.
Monday 19 June 2017
MediaTek to hire 1,000 staff in 2017, says co-CEO
MediaTek will recruit an additional 1,000 employees in 2017, said newly-appointed co-CEO Rick Tsai at the company's general shareholders meeting recently.
Friday 16 June 2017
7nm foundry market to heat up in 2018
IC foundries are gearing up for mass production of 7nm chips in 2018, as well as production for 7nm process technology using extreme ultraviolet (EUV), according to market observers...
Tuesday 13 June 2017
Intel sees fierce competition in manufacturing process
Intel is confident about chips made on its 14nm process, but is lagging behind competitors on the 10nm node. Its 10nm Cannonlake processors will not become available until the second...
Monday 12 June 2017
Packaging can extend physical limits of semiconductors, says TSMC chair
Moore's Law will reach its physical limits in 8-10 years, but the development of advanced packaging technology will help extend innovations, according to Morris Chang, chairman of...
Friday 9 June 2017
CHPT revenues hit record for 3rd straight month
IC testing solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Technology (CHPT) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$278 million (US$9.2 million) for May 2017, hitting a monthly record...
Friday 9 June 2017
Pure-play foundries post increased May revenues
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have reported sequential...
Friday 9 June 2017
TSMC 5nm chip production to take place in southern Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reiterated its 5nm chip production will take place at its manufacturing site at the South Taiwan Science Park (STSP), although...
Thursday 8 June 2017
TSMC names new president for North America operation
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has announced the promotion of a veteran executive, Dave Keller to president of TSMC North America. Rick Cassidy remains as CEO of TSMC...
Thursday 8 June 2017
More non-IC design houses to seek advanced capacity at foundry houses
More patrons other than IC-design houses and IDMs are likely to flock to wafer foundry houses looking for advanced capacity for emerging applications such IoT, Big Data, self-driving...
Tuesday 6 June 2017
TSMC orders equipment for NT$3 billion
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on June 5 disclosed a total of about NT$3.09 billion (US$102.8 million) spent on machinery equipment from ASML,...
Monday 5 June 2017
TSMC to foray into next generation memory market, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will further enhance its competiveness by stepping into production of next generation memory chips in addition to current mainstream...