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Thursday 24 February 2022
Infineon WBG chip capacity expansion in Malaysia to benefit Taiwan leadframe makers
Infinenon Technologies has recently announced plans to invest over EUR 2 billion to build a new fab for wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors (SiC and GaN) at its manufacturing complex...
Wednesday 23 February 2022
Taiwan IC foundries to see combined market share top 70%
TSMC and its fellow Taiwan-based pure-play foundries are expected to see their combined global market share top 70%, when their additional fab capacities come online, according to...
Monday 21 February 2022
Wafer foundry capacity expansion plan in China, 2022

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Friday 18 February 2022
Fab toolmakers on track to gain big from bold TSMC capex plans
Fab toolmakers worldwide are all poised to score significant revenue gains in 2022 and beyond from fulfilling robust orders from TSMC, which is set to invest over US$100 billion during...
Thursday 17 February 2022
Foundry customers reluctant to accept further price increases
Pure-play foundries, particularly second-tier players who have raised their quotes since late 2020, are seeing their fabless clients become increasingly reluctant to accept further...
Thursday 17 February 2022
TSMC board approves nearly US$21 billion for capacity expansion
The board of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) approved recently capital appropriations of about US$20.94 billion for the installation and upgrade of advanced technology...
Tuesday 15 February 2022
Rising materials prices boost Nan Ya January revenue
Taiwan-based Nan Ya Plastics has reported revenues grew 2.1% sequentially and 20.2% on year to NT$35.27 billion (US$1.27 billion) in January 2022, buoyed by rising prices of its electronics...
Monday 14 February 2022
VIS expects another quarter of record high; capex to hike in 2022
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects to enjoy another quarter of record-high revenue in the first quarter of 2022, and plans a 150% capex hike this...
Friday 11 February 2022
Foundry capacity expansion projects may face delays
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused bottlenecks in labor relations, transport, and logistics operations worldwide, which may lead to delays in foundries' installation of new...
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Automotive CIS packaging capacity fully loaded
Automotive CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging capacity at Taiwan-based OSATs such as Tong Hsing Electronic Industries and Xintec remains fully loaded, and they can easily carry out...
Wednesday 9 February 2022
DRAM chipmakers upbeat about demand for servers, data centers
DRAM chipmakers are generally optimistic about demand for servers and datacenters in 2022, when the overall market demand is forecast to increase 15-20%, according to industry sour...
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Nan Ya PCB posts record January revenue
Nan Ya PCB has reported its consolidated revenue climbed 33.6% on year to a record high of NT$5.24 billion (US$188.3 million) in January 2022.
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Infineon aims to ramp up in-house production in 2022
German-based automotive and power semiconductor supplier Infineon is planning to ramp up in-house production in 2022 as it expects semiconductor demand to continue to outweigh the...
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Winbond to kick off construction of phase-2 facility at new plant
Specialty DRAM specialist Winbond Electronics plans to advance its second-phase facility construction at its new plant in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan to ease tight capacity for specialty...
Monday 7 February 2022
GlobalWafers earmarks US$3.6 billion for capacity expansion after Siltronic deal annulled
Taiwan-based GlobalWafers (GWS) announced on February 6 that the proceeds originally intended for the Siltronic acquisition are now earmarked for capital and operating expenses, focusing...