468 news items tagged SMIC
Foundries see prices bullish through 2022
Wednesday 21 April 2021Tight foundry capacity is expected to persist through 2022, encouraging foundry chipmakers to continue raising their quotes, according to industry sources.
Fabless chipmakers diversify foundry suppliers
Monday 19 April 2021Taiwan-based IC design houses including MediaTek, Elan Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor have moved to diversify their foundry partners amid tight capacity at many pure-play...
Major Taiwan IC design houses to hike prices in 2Q21
Tuesday 13 April 2021MediaTek and Elan Microelectronics both plan to raise their chip prices by 10-20% to reflect rising foundry costs starting May 1, while fellow IC design company Realtek Semiconductor...
Foundries likely to raise quotes again
Tuesday 6 April 2021Pure-play foundries have raised their quotes starting the second quarter of 2021 to reflect tight capacity, and are likely to adjust upward the prices again in the third quarter,...
SMIC posts 2-fold jump in 2020 net profit
Tuesday 6 April 2021Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has reported revenue grew 25.4% to a record high of US$3.91 billion in 2020, when profits attributable to the company surged 204.9%...
SMIC striving to regain chip orders
Friday 12 March 2021With the US trade restrictions on Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) reportedly easing, the China-based pure-play foundry is striving to regain orders particularly those...
DRAM, NOR flash prices to rise through 2H21
Friday 5 March 2021DRAM and NOR flash memory prices are expected to rise through the second half of 2021, as growth on the supply side fails to catch up, according to industry sources.
ASML extends deal to sell chipmaking equipment to SMIC
Thursday 4 March 2021ASML has extended a deal to sell fab tools to China-based foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) until the end of 2021, according to the Netherlands-based vendor.
TSMC sees revenue per wafer surge
Thursday 4 March 2021TSMC was the only pure-play foundry manufacturing ICs using both 7nm and 5nm process nodes, which boosted its overall revenue per wafer significantly in 2020, according to IC Insig...
Highlights of the day: SMIC sees opportunities from mature nodes
Wednesday 3 March 2021The US trade ban may be blocking SMIC from advancing its semiconductor manufacturing processes, but the China foundry...
SMIC to enhance presence in mature process segment
Wednesday 3 March 2021Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) is looking to further grow its mature process business segment, after receiving US licenses to import equipment and materials for...
Qualcomm gearing up to cement capacity support from Taiwan partners
Monday 22 February 2021Qualcomm has been gearing up to seek multiple supply sources for both silicon-based and III-V semiconductors amid increasingly tight capacity at the global IC value chain, and reportedly...
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...
SMIC to focus on non-FinFET capacity expansion in 2021
Friday 5 February 2021Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), China's most advanced and largest pure-play foundry, has set its capex target this year at US$4.3 billion in which the majority will...
Fabless chipmakers worry about further supply constraints
Tuesday 2 February 2021With major Taiwan-based foundries expressing their supply commitments to their automotive customers, fabless chipmakers particularly second-tier players have expressed concerns about...
China to fall far short of IC self-sufficiency goal by 2025, says IC Insights
Thursday 7 January 2021IC Insights has forecast that China-produced ICs will represent only 19.4% of the country's IC market in 2025, a fraction of the country's "Made in China 2025" goal of 70%.
SMIC sees US ban hit supply of chemical raw materials and consumables
Thursday 7 January 2021The US trade ban against China-based SMIC has restricted the pure-play foundry's capability of obtaining semiconductor equipment for its process technology advancements. Nevertheless,...
China NAND flash controller supplier raises prices by 50%
Tuesday 5 January 2021China's Yeestor Microelectronics has raised prices for its flash memory controllers for embedded storage applications by as much as 50%, according to market sources.
SMIC reportedly gets US license for mature manufacturing process
Monday 4 January 2021China's SMIC has reportedly received US licenses to import equipment for use in mature-node processes, which may help relieve the global 8-inch foundry capacity shortages, according...
Taiwan IC testers ask clients to procure own process components
Thursday 24 December 2020Taiwan-based IC testing houses have asked their fabless and IDM clients to shoulder some of the components costs needed to process their orders, a measure tantamount to raising prices,...
SMIC may have to put sub-14nm process development on hold
Tuesday 22 December 2020China's SMIC, which has been added to a US trade blacklist, may have to put the development of its sub-14nm process technologies on hold, Digitimes Research believes.
SMIC struggling to obtain EUV litho equipment
Thursday 17 December 2020China's SMIC is struggling to obtain crucial EUV lithography equipment for the development of its sub-7nm process technologies, and will be seeking a dialogue with ASML with the help...
SMIC co-CEO Liang reportedly offers to resign
Wednesday 16 December 2020Mong-song Liang has submitted his resignation to SMIC's board of directors after the China-based foundry decided to bring back Shang-yi Chiang to its management, according to sources...
China IC foundry output to continue growth in 2021, says Digitimes Research
Wednesday 16 December 2020China's IC industry will register another growth in output next year, driven by the country's efforts in boosting its IC self-sufficiency, as well as international chipmakers' intention...
NOR flash to be in short supply with prices to rise 5% in 1H21
Monday 14 December 2020NOR flash chips supply is expected to fall short of demand by 5% in 2021, and their quotes are estimated to rise 5% in the next two quarters amid overall inventory level falling significantly,...
- SMIC to invest in US$2.35 billion facilities in Shenzhen (Mar 18) - Reuters (via Yahoo! Finance)
- SMIC urges China's chipmakers to embrace advanced packaging as Moore's Law slows nanometre node progress and US sanctions bite (Jan 25) - South China Morning Post
- SMIC says U.S. blacklisting will hurt its advanced technology R&D (Dec 20) - Reuters
- U.S. blacklists dozens of Chinese firms including SMIC, DJI (Dec 18) - Reuters
- United States adds China's SMIC and CNOOC to Defense blacklist (Dec 4) - Reuters
- Trump to add China's SMIC and CNOOC to defense blacklist, say sources (Nov 30) - Reuters
- China's SMIC facing delays on some U.S.-made supplies-Global Times (Nov 12) - Reuters