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Thursday 30 July 2020
UMC upbeat about 8-inch foundry quotes
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects 8-inch foundry quotes to be favorable to the company in 2021, judging from the already tight capacities at 8-inch foundries...
Wednesday 29 July 2020
China 14th 5-year plan to see IC foundry capacity expand 40%, says Digitimes Research
China's upcoming 14th five-year plan (2021-2025) will continue to highlight technology and capacity upgrades as the core of its semiconductor self-sufficiency strategy, with foundry...
Thursday 23 July 2020
Micron gearing up for handset market boom in 2H21
Micron Technology remains optimistic about its operations in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, thanks to continued strong demand for data center applications, and the company's efforts...
Wednesday 15 July 2020
Jumping on the EUV bandwagon: Q&A with Gudeng chairman Bill Chiu
Gudeng Precision Industrial, a member of TSMC Grand Alliance and Taiwan's first semiconductor equipment maker allowed to join SEMI in setting next-generation equipment standards after...
Thursday 9 July 2020
Winbond enhances high-density NOR flash offering
Winbond Electronics has been stepping up its deployment in the high-density NOR flash field, gearing up for a boom in demand for 5G related applications, according to company president...
Monday 6 July 2020
TSMC may commercialize InFO_SoW for supercomputer AI chips in two years
TSMC, after launching 3D SoIC backend service, has also developed InFO_SoW (system-on-wafer) technology mainly for processing supercomputing AI chips and is expected to enter commercial...
Friday 3 July 2020
Prices for TV SoCs, driver ICs set to rise
Taiwan's IC designers are mulling raising quotes for TV SoCs and driver ICs amid increasingly tight supply as Korean vendors gradually quit production of LCD panels and TVs as well...
Monday 29 June 2020
Gudeng sees promising demand from China chipmaking sector
With China-based 8- and 12-inch wafer fabs gearing up for equipment and facility upgrades, Taiwan-based fab tool provider Gudeng Precision Industrial is expected to be among the beneficiaries,...
Wednesday 24 June 2020
No peak season this year for GlobalWafers
GlobalWafers will not see a peak season in 2020, according to Doris Hsu, chairperson for the silicon wafer manufacturer.
Friday 19 June 2020
GPTC to supply equipment for new TSMC packaging plant
Grand Plastic Technology (GPTC), specializing in wet process facilities, will see equipment orders for TSMC's new advanced packaging plant in Taiwan start generating revenues in 2021,...
Wednesday 17 June 2020
GlobalWafers to expand 12-inch silicon wafer capacity in Taiwan
GlobalWafers has held a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of subsidiary Taisil Electronic Materials, and will use offshore capital to fund the expansion, which is set to complete...
Tuesday 16 June 2020
Formosa Sumco to run at nearly full capacity in 3Q20, says report
Formosa Sumco Technology (FST), which ships silicon wafers to mainly Taiwan- and China-based logic and memory foundries, is expected to see its production lines run at nearly full...
Monday 15 June 2020
Notebook demand remains robust, says Winbond chairman
Chip orders for notebooks are expected to stay robust until the end of the third quarter, according to Arthur Chiao, chairman for specialty DRAM and flash memory maker Winbond Elec...
Thursday 11 June 2020
UMC Xiamen fab runs at near full capacity
United Semiconductor (Xiamen), a 12-inch foundry subsidiary of Taiwan's United Microelectronics (UMC), has run at near full capacity since the second quarter of 2020 thanks to a pick-up...
Thursday 11 June 2020
TSMC Nanjing posts 170% revenue hike in 2019
TSMC Nanjing posted revenue of CNY4 billion (US$566.7 million) in 2019, up 170% on year, making it the third-largest foundry chipmaker in China trailing behind Semiconductor Manufacturing...