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...
Although some semiconductor manufacturers expressed worries that chips made with mature node technologies might be available in excess of demand, SMIC chief executive officer Zhao...
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has reported revenue hit a record high of US$5.44 billion in 2021, when profits attributable to the company hiked to US$1.7 billion...
The 28nm process market segment may experience an oversupply beyond 2023, according Jason Wang, president for pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC).
The Shanghai municipal government has newly released a package of generous incentives to encourage investments in the development and production of semiconductor materials and equipment,...
NOR flash bit demand will continue to rise in 2022 while growth on the supply side remains limited, with tight supply of the memory to continue this year, according to industry sou...
Networking IC specialist Realtek Semiconductor has struck long-term deals with foundries including United Microelectronics (UMC) and TSMC, while growing its ties with GlobalFoundries...
There are more ways than one to improve on chip performance and power, and with chip scaling generating more costs, chipmakers are exploring more methods in their technology advancements,...
The US is reportedly mulling imposing tougher sanctions on Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), which may disrupt the China-based foundry's mature-node capacity expansion...
China's National Semiconductor Industry Investment Fund (aka the Big Fund) has made about CNY99.5 million (US$15.64 million) worth of investment in Dosilicon, which specializes in...
Foundry capacity supply will remain tight in 2022 as global IC shortage has yet to ease and IC designers continue to seek more capacity support, although demand for certain chips...
ACM Research, a supplier of wafer cleaning technologies for advanced semiconductor devices, has had its Shanghai-based subsidiary start trading on the science and technology innovation...
Smartphone application processor vendors including Apple, Qualcomm and MediaTek have moved to reserve the available 12-inch BCD (bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) process capacity at foundries for...
Taiwan-based second-tier pure-play foundries, such as Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC), will see their gross margins hike...
