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Wednesday 23 November 2022
TSMC caught in geopolitical shackles for overseas capacity expansions
TSMC reportedly has plans to build a 3nm fab in the US, adjacent to its 5nm fab under construction in Arizona, and also plans to set up a fab in Germany focusing on 28 nm automotive...
Monday 14 November 2022
TSMC ecosystem partners for IC design services stay unscathed amid headwinds
TSMC and its ecosystem partners in Taiwan, especially silicon IP and IC design services providers, remain able to embrace revenue gains for the fourth quarter and 2023, while most...
Monday 17 October 2022
US IDMs seeking subsidies for domestic production of RF components
American IDMs of RF components such as silicon-based filters are all proceeding with capacity expansions in the US, looking to seek government subsidies under the newly legislated...
Friday 7 October 2022
RF BAW filter maker Akoustis builds Asia-Pacific foothold in Taiwan
Akoustis Technologies, a US-based IDM of bulk acoustic wave (BAW) high-band filters for mobile and other wireless applications, has located its Asia-Pacific foothold in Taoyuan, northern...
Monday 29 August 2022
Tight foundry capacity eases for PMICs, quotes unlikely to fall soon
Tight capacity supply from 8-inch wafer fabs for power management ICs (PMIC) has eased significantly allowing vendors to improve order fulfillments, and striving to have foundry partners...
Tuesday 9 August 2022
Hua Hong to raise CNY18 billion from STAR listing
China-based foundry Hua Hong Semiconductor is heading toward its share listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board (STAR Market) of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), looking...
Wednesday 3 August 2022
VIS expects sales drop in 3Q22, cuts capex outlook
Pure-play foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects to post a 13-16% sequential decline in third-quarter revenue, and has revised downward its capex outlook this...
Thursday 28 July 2022
IGBT vs. SiC in NEV applications: Q&A with Actron Technology top management
Actron Technology founder Ming-Kuang Lu was reported to quit chairmanship at the automotive diode maker, arousing curiosity among readers about what drove his intention. Soon after...
Tuesday 5 July 2022
Force-MOS to present more high-end MOSFETs as growth driver
Taiwan-based MOSFET chips supplier Force-MOS Technology will leverage its technology patents to roll out more new products for high-end applications so as to further power its revenue...
Monday 13 June 2022
TI reportedly expects analog chip shortage to ease in 2H22
Texas Instruments (TI) has notified its clients that the supply-demand imbalance for analog chips, particularly power management ICs (PMICs), will ease in the second half of the year,...
Monday 6 June 2022
UMC reportedly mulling 6% quote hikes for 22/28nm chips in 2023
United Microelectronics (UMC) reportedly is mulling raising its 2023 quotes by around 6% for 22/28 nm processes that have been in strong demand, despite uncertainties associated with...
Thursday 2 June 2022
Nexperia acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab called into question
Nexperia, a subsidiary of China-based Wingtech Technology, may fail to complete its acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab (NWF), the UK's largest wafer fab, as the deal is being investigated...
Wednesday 18 May 2022
SMIC, Hua Hong show mixed business outlook for 2Q22
China's top foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) has estimated the Shanghai lockdown could reduce its production by 5% in the second quarter, while another...
Thursday 12 May 2022
PWM IC firms expect more available 8-inch fab capacities in 2023
With their bigger peers transitioning to 12-inch wafer manufacturing, Taiwan-based power management IC (PWM IC) suppliers expect more 8-inch fab capacities to be available to satisfy...
Tuesday 10 May 2022
TSMC, VIS performances to stay in high gear through 2025
Despite a slowdown in sales of consumer electronics devices such as handsets and notebooks, foundry houses seem to remain unscathed. In particular, TSMC and its affiliate Vanguard...