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Monday 29 January 2024
Research Insight: UMC's alliance with Intel starts new chapter in foundry competition
Intel and UMC's announcement to work together in developing 12nm processes has been lauded as a creative move. DIGITIMES Research believes that because of the complementary nature...
Friday 26 January 2024
Intel and UMC's alliance may reshuffle foundry market rankings
The announcement of collaboration between Intel and Taiwan's second-largest foundry...
Friday 26 January 2024
Intel provides weak guidance, boasts advancements in foundry business
Intel gave a tepid outlook for the current quarter due to weak performance for its programmable chip unit and Mobileye business. Intel reported surging sales for its Intel Foundry...
Friday 26 January 2024
Intel, UMC form foundry partnership
Intel and United Microelectronics (UMC) have announced a collaboration on the development of a 12-nanometer semiconductor process platform for high-growth markets such as mobile,...
Friday 12 January 2024
Chinese pure-play foundry market to increase 9% in 2024
China's pure-play IC foundry industry is expected to resume growth in 2024, with utilization rates of 90% for 8-inch foundries and 78% for 12-inch foundries, according to ICWise,...
Tuesday 9 January 2024
Chinese foundry expansion raises concerns of oversupply and price pressure for Taiwanese mature-process wafer fabs
The continuous expansion of mature process capacity by Chinese foundries is causing significant concerns in the semiconductor industry, as it might lead to oversupply and downward...
Tuesday 9 January 2024
Chinese foundry makers cut service prices to lure Taiwanese IC design customers
Although the inventory correction of the semiconductor industry has finally come to an end in the first half of 2024, Chinese foundry manufacturers Semiconductor Manufacturing International...
Thursday 28 December 2023
Intel invests US$25 billion in Israel fab, aims to overtake TSMC and Samsung
In a bid to surpass TSMC and Samsung, aiming for the position of the world's leading foundry by 2030, Intel is said to have committed an additional US$25 billion investment in establishing...
Wednesday 27 December 2023
MediaTek CEO reiterates TSMC as a 3nm foundry partner
TSMC has scaled up its 3nm production output since the second half of 2023, thanks to the adoption of key customer Apple, and more customers will join and ramp up 3nm production in...
Tuesday 26 December 2023
Microprogram enters supply chain of leading pure-play foundry
RFID solution provider Microprogram has broken into the supply chain of a leading pure-play foundry by providing solutions to its ecosystem partners, according to chairman Wu Teng-...
Monday 25 December 2023
Taiwan MOSFET suppliers increase 2024 inputs as wafer foundry service fees decline
After many quarters of inventory adjustment, inventories of the MOSFET chips, the basic power components, have returned to a healthy level. Seeing customers placing more orders over...
Friday 22 December 2023
Samsung's semiconductor employee bonus payment hits new low
Seeing a decline in business in 2023, Samsung Electronics decided to cut the bonus payments for its employees this year. From getting 100% or 50% of their salary as a bonus, Samsung's...
Tuesday 19 December 2023
Chinese foundries challenging TSMC in mature process CIS race
The demand for CMOS image sensors (CIS) has witnessed a significant uptick since the third quarter of 2023, driven by the launch of new smartphones and a recovery in the security...
Thursday 14 December 2023
Samsung and SK Hynix accelerate HBM investment in North America to secure major local customers
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are dedicated to expanding their high bandwidth memory (HBM) business to enhance collaboration with their largest customers in Nvidia and AMD. Coupled...
Wednesday 13 December 2023
Huahong Group takes over former GF Chengdu plant
The latest report from China's Yicai Media revealed that Huahong Group has officially taken over the Chengdu semiconductor plant formerly owned by GlobalFoundries, with Huahong Semiconductor...
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