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All-round OSAT: Q&A with PTI CEO Boris Hsieh
Taiwan-based Powertech Technology (PTI) is one of the world's top OSATs with major backend orders from non-Korean memory vendors. PTI has just completed a top...
Pandemic-triggered structural changes: Q&A with ASE Technology COO Tien Wu
ASE Technology has turned optimistic about the IC backend industry prospects for the first half of 2021 with high capacity utilization to linger in diverse processes...
Cryptography everywhere: Q&A with Chain Reaction CEO Alon Webman and CTO Oren Yokev
Less than one year after Mellanox was acquired by Nvidia for US$7 billion, Alon Webman, co-founder of Mellanox, started his second entrepreneurial project. The...
5G, mini LED opportunities in 2021: Q&A with K&S executive VP CP Chong
For the world, 2020 has been a roller-coaster year, but that has not dampend the prospects of some new tech applications such as mini LED backlighting which are...
Chips R&D matters: Q&A with iST chairman Danny Yu
Materials analysis (MA), reliability analysis (RA) and failure analysis (FA) are increasingly needed by IC designers, wafer foundries and backend houses to support...
Government subsidies crucial for new TSMC fab establishment in US
TSMC is in talks with the US government about relevant subsidies for its new wafer fab in Arizona so that the foundry is able to implement the investment plan,...
PhD shortage to challenge TSMC: Q&A with company senior VP of R&D Cliff Hou
Shortages of personnel with PhDs will be a challenge facing TSMC as well as Taiwan's chipmaking industry by 2030, according to Cliff Hou, company senior VP of...
Materials challenges for IC substrate production: Q&A with Unimicron vice CEO CP Lee
IC substrates are set to enter a golden growth period driven by ever-increasing applications of 5G and AI chips solutions. To secure a preemptive presence in the...
Memory-centric solutions for next 20 years: Q&A with Macronix chairman Miin Wu
Taiwan-based Macronix International has developed into the world's largest supplier of ROM chips and second biggest maker of NOR flash memory chips after experiencing...
Advanced packaging, mini LED rising as new growth driver: Q&A with Kulicke & Soffa SVP CP Chong
US-based semiconductor assembly equipment supplier Kulicke & Soffa (K&S) is optimistic that 5G and AI applications will drive demand for advanced IC packaging...
China foundry HSMC to push chiplet standard formulation, says CEO Shang-yi Chiang
While Moore's Law is approaching its physical limits, only a few could still afford the expensive game of process shrink. And when the post-Moore's Law era comes,...
Taiwan must run faster in IC development: Q&A with science minister Chen Liang-gee
TSMC is likely to kick off volume production of 3nm manufacturing process in 2022-2023, when AI and 5G applications are seen to explode to drastically drive the...
Coopetition and coexistence in IC industry: Q&A with ASE COO Wu Tien-yu
The global semiconductor industry is experiencing faster quantitative and qualitative changes along with the increasingly fierce coopetition among wafer foundry,...
Dual leadership should become long-term management model at TSMC, says Morris Chang
The dual leadership to be enforced at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) starting from June 2018 should remain a long-term management model for...
Morris Chang sees hurdle for semiconductor development in China
While China is aggressively accelerating the development of its semiconductor industry, a hidden barrier will gradually surface to affect its development, in that...
Service-oriented corporate culture counts most in foundry sector, says Morris Chang
Once describing Intel and Samsung Electronics as "700-pound gorillas" when commenting on his company's two major competitors, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
All feasts must come to an end: Q&A with TSMC chairman Morris Chang
Just three days after announcing an encouraging decision that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will build its 3nm wafer fab in Taiwan, the firm's...
FD-SOI a promising technology: Q&A with Globalfoundries CEO Sanjay Jha
Globalfoundries' fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator FD-SOI process technology targeted at Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data...
Era of Silicon 4.0: TSIA chairman talks about virtual Moore's Law
With 2015 being the 50th anniversary of Moore's Law, one of the hottest topics that has continued to be discussed up until now in the semiconductor industry has...
7nm process is essential for semi industry: Q&A with Globalfoundries CTO Gary Patton
Gary Patton, a 30-year veteran in the semiconductor industry, joined Globalfoundries as CTO in July 2015. He now shoulders the responsibility of building up the...
Industry integration, 5G and IoT applications: Q&A with Qualcomm president Derek Aberle
Qualcomm president Derek Aberle spared his time with Digitimes for an exclusive interview recently and shared his insights into a number of major issues...
14nm process to bring healthy competition among foundries: Q&A with Globalfoundries senior VP Chuck Fox
The move by Globalfoundries to acquire IBM's semiconductor business unit and to team up with Samsung Electronics to aggressively step into the 14nm process market...
Green buildings: Q&A with Arthur Chuang, director of TSMC's New Fab Planning and Engineering Division
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certifications for its green buidlings. Digitimes...
Focus on advanced processes: Q&A with Alchip chairman Kinying Kwan
Founded in 2003 by semiconductor veterans from Silicon Valley and Japan, Alchip provides silicon design and manufacturing services for companies developing complex...
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