1946 news items tagged Intel
TSMC ranks in top-10 for capacity in main wafer sizes
Friday 26 February 2021As of December 2020, only TSMC was among the wafer capacity leaders in each of the main wafer size categories ranked by IC Insights. The Taiwan-based foundry had the most 200mm wafer...
Global tablet market – 4Q 2020
Wednesday 24 February 2021Fourth-quarter 2020 global tablet shipments amounted to 51.56 million units, soaring 17.6% from a quarter ago and 19.3% from a year ago.
Superior Plating to see profits surge in 2021
Tuesday 23 February 2021Superior Plating Technology (SPT), dedicated to metal surface treatment and electroplating processing, is expected to post significant profit growth in 2021 thanks partly to its entry...
Top-5 wafer capacity leaders raise share of global capacity to 54%, says IC Insights
Wednesday 17 February 2021The top-5 wafer capacity leaders saw their combined installed capacity represent 54% of total global wafer capacity in December 2020, according to IC Insights. In 2009, the top-10...
NAND vendors to enter production race for over-100-layer offerings in 2021
Monday 8 February 2021As NAND flash stacking technology continues to advance, vendors will be racing for mass production of 3D TLC/QLC (triple/quad-level cell) NAND chips with over 100 layers in 2021 after...
PCB supply chain guardedly optimistic about Whitley-induced server replacement demand
Monday 8 February 2021Taiwan's PCB supply chain players are guardedly optimistic about business opportunities to arise from replacement demand for servers adopting Intel's new Whitley server processors,...
Taiwan notebooks – 4Q 2020
Friday 5 February 2021Global notebook shipments, excluding detachable models, surged over 10% sequentially to hit a fresh high of 60 million units in fourth-quarter 2020, mainly driven by robust demand...
AMD unlikely to transfer orders away from TSMC
Thursday 4 February 2021AMD is unlikely to transfer its 5nm or 3nm chip orders from TSMC to Samsung Electronics, and its ongoing tight supply of processors is due mainly to ABF substrate shortages rather...
Global server shipments to fall 1.8% sequentially in 1Q21
Tuesday 2 February 2021Global server shipments are expected to increase 5% on year and see a slight sequential fall of only 1.8% in first-quarter 2021 thanks mainly to a ramp-up in demand from datacenter...
Global server market – 4Q 2020
Monday 1 February 2021Fourth-quarter 2020 global server shipments amounted to 3.84 million units, down 9.6% quarter-over-quarter but up 12.6% year-over-year.
SK Hynix signs MOU for further developments in China
Monday 1 February 2021SK Hynix has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Dalian Municipal People's Government of China and the Administrative Committee of Jinpu New District, Dalian, under...
SK Hynix posts sequential revenue and profit drops in 4Q20
Friday 29 January 2021SK Hynix has reported operating profits of KRW966 billion (US$0.87 billion) on consolidated revenue of KRW7.97 trillion for the fourth quarter of 2020, representing sequential decreases...
Global server shipments estimated to surge 5.2% in 2021
Thursday 28 January 2021Global server shipments are estimated to have surged 7.9% on year to around 16 million units in 2020 and may further rise 5.2% to more than 17 million units in 2021, driven by the...
Intel invests additional US$475 million in Vietnam
Thursday 28 January 2021Intel announced recently that it has invested a further US$475 million in Intel Products Vietnam (IPV). This new investment is in addition to Intel's US$1 billion investment to build...
Highlights of the day: Intel to outsource 3nm chip production to TSMC
Wednesday 27 January 2021Just days after Intel seemingly dismissed speculation about expanding outsourcing to TSMC, sources from Taiwan's supply chain have disclosed that the US chip vendor has plans to have...
DDR5 ready for consumer electronics products as early as 2H21
Wednesday 27 January 2021Next-generation DDR5 memory is expected to be employed in consumer electronics devices starting as early as the second half of 2021, despite its still-early stage of deployment, according...
Cooling module makers expect shipments for new-gen servers to boost ASPs
Wednesday 27 January 2021Cooling module makers expect shipments for new-generation servers based on Intel's 10nm Ice Lake processors to push up their product ASPs.
TSMC to make 3nm chips for Intel, sources claim
Wednesday 27 January 2021TSMC has already struck a deal with Intel under which the pure-play foundry will use 3nm process technology to manufacture the US vendor's core CPU products, with volume production...
Gudeng to sustain strong shipments of EUV pods in 2021
Tuesday 26 January 2021Taiwan-based Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer specializing in mask solutions and wafer handling tools, has expressed optimism that its...
Intel not yet a major customer of TSMC
Monday 25 January 2021Despite speculation circulating recently that Intel is looking to outsource more chip production to TSMC, the CPU vendor does not seem to be ready to play a meaningful role in the...
ODMs see notebook order visibility extending in 2H21
Monday 25 January 2021Thanks to the stay-at-home economy driven by the coronavirus pandemic, notebook shipments are expected to stay robust in 2021, with ODMs see stable orders for the first half of the...
Intel reports record revenues for 2020
Friday 22 January 2021Intel has reported record revenues for 2020 at US$77.9 billion, up 8% on year, with its board of directors approved a cash dividend increase of 5% to US$1.39 per share on an annual...
EUV equipment to boost ASML sales in 2021
Thursday 21 January 2021With TSMC and Samsung Electronics stepping up the development of their sub-5nm process technologies, ASML will continue to see strong extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment...
R&D spending by semiconductor companies to hit another record high in 2021
Wednesday 20 January 2021Research and development spending by semiconductor companies worldwide is forecast to grow 4% in 2021 to US$71.4 billion after rising 5% in 2020 to a record high of US$68.4 billion,...
Semiconductor firms up investments
Tuesday 19 January 2021The semiconductor industry has seen some major players committing significant sums for R&D, such as TSMC announcing to inject a record-high capex of up to US$28 billion in 2021...
- Intel tries to take down Apple's M1 chip with a flurry of benchmarks (Feb 7) - engadget
- Samsung says Intel outsourcing will expand foundry market, mum on possible tie-up (Jan 28) - Reuters
- Intel's new desktop GPUs won't work in AMD systems (Jan 27) - The Verge
- Intel's new CEO says troubled chip project is recovering, may still outsource some manufacturing (Jan 21) - CNBC
- Trump admin slams China's Huawei, halting shipments from Intel, others -sources (Jan 18) - Reuters
- Intel just quietly launched its new Phantom Canyon NUC 11 lineup (Jan 14) - Gizmodo
- Intel CEO Bob Swan to step down, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger to replace him (Jan 13) - CNBC
- Intel's 12th Gen chips look to challenge Arm and Apple's M1 CPUs later this year (Jan 11) - The Verge
- Intel says production of new data center chips set to ramp up in first quarter (Jan 12) - Reuters
- Intel's latest 11th Gen H-series chips promise the fastest ultraportable gaming laptops yet (Jan 11) - The Verge