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Tuesday 7 May 2024
GaAs foundry AWSC enjoys strong demand for flagship smartphones
Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) has seen a surge in orders for flagship smartphone chips from manufacturers such as Qualcomm, boosting...
Friday 3 May 2024
TSMC dominates global foundry market with 61% market share in 4Q23, says Counterpoint
Counterpoint released the global foundry market share ranking for the fourth quarter of 2023, showing that TSMC maintained its leadership status with a 61% market share driven by...
Thursday 2 May 2024
Specialty IC foundry VIS gains shifted orders from China
Taiwan-based Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has reported first-quarter 2024 results that were somewhat better than expected. While facing market pricing competition from...
Tuesday 30 April 2024
Samsung sees memory biz return to profit, upbeat about foundry sales
Samsung Electronics has reported operating profits of KRW6.61 trillion (US$4.78 billion) on consolidated revenue of KRW71.92 trillion for the first quarter of 2024. Revenue was primarily...
Monday 29 April 2024
Intel faces a transition dilemma as foundry business unlikely to break even in 3 years
Intel Corp. is trying to strike a balance between design and manufacturing.
Monday 29 April 2024
US probe into China's RISC-V role casts shadow on Samsung's AI chip ambitions and foundry biz expansion
Samsung Electronics has been actively promoting the open-source instruction set architecture, RISC-V, as a crucial technology for developing next-generation AI chips. However, the...
Tuesday 23 April 2024
US DoD selects Intel Foundry for phase-3 RAMP-C
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has selected Intel Foundry for phase three of its Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes - Commercial (RAMP-C) program.
Monday 22 April 2024
Intel Foundry completes assembly of ASML High-NA EUV tools
Intel recently announced that its foundry operations, Intel Foundry, achieved a significant milestone in advanced semiconductor manufacturing by completing the assembly of the industry's...
Friday 19 April 2024
TSMC lowers 2024 semiconductor, foundry outlook
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has cut its 2024 growth predictions for the foundry and semiconductor industries while keeping the company's growth forecast at 21...
Wednesday 17 April 2024
Samsung Foundry plans to provide 'one-stop-service' to compete with TSMC
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics has received US$6.4 billion of US CHIPS Act direct funding and disclosed that it will increase its investments to US$40 billion to set...
Thursday 11 April 2024
Intel can expand foundry market share
Intel can increase its influence in the foundry business and challenge TSMC's dominance, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 9 April 2024
How can Intel Foundry shake off 10 years of deficits?
According to the restructured accounting model of Intel Foundry (IF), it has been seeing continuous operational losses for three consecutive years from 2021 to 2023, totaling US$5.1...
Wednesday 3 April 2024
Intel reports widening loss in foundry business in 2023, aims for break even in 2027
In response to the corporate restructuring by Intel announced earlier, which involves Intel Foundry and Altera, the company disclosed a widening loss at its foundry service and expects...
Tuesday 2 April 2024
Russia de-risks through Chinese foundry and RISC-V
Since Western countries imposed sanctions against Russia, Russia-based Baikal Electronics is looking to switch to RISC-V and may have turned to a certain China-based pure-play foundry...
Thursday 28 March 2024
Taiwan foundry industry revenues to slip in 1Q24 before rising in 2Q24, says DIGITIMES Research
Thanks to short-term orders from the electronics supply chain and HPC chip shipments, Taiwan's wafer foundry revenue increased by more than 10% in the fourth quarter of 2023, driving...