1389 news items tagged 2014
Pure-play foundry market on pace for strongest growth since 2014, says IC Insights
Tuesday 22 September 2020Driven by growing demand for application processors and other device sales into 5G smartphones, the pure-play foundry market is on pace to expand by a strong 19% this year after slipping...
China to fall far short of IC self-sufficiency goal
Friday 22 May 2020IC production in China represented 15.7% of its US$125 billion IC market in 2019, up only slightly from 15.1% five years earlier in 2014, according to IC Insights. The share is forecast...
Revenue per wafer rising as demand grows for sub-7nm processes, says IC Insights
Thursday 20 February 2020Many IC companies are now designing high-performance microprocessors, application processors, and other advanced logic devices based on 10nm and 7nm process technology, according...
UMC to pour CNY3.5 billion into China 12-inch fab operation
Friday 14 February 2020Taiwan-based United Microelectronics (UMC) through subsidiary HeJian Technology (Suzhou) will invest a total of CNY3.5 billion (US$501.2 million) in United Semiconductor's (Xiamen)...
Top 5 share of semi industry capex to set new record in 2019
Wednesday 6 November 2019The share of semiconductor industry capital spending held by the top-5 companies (Samsung, Intel, TSMC, SK Hynix and Micron) is forecast to reach an all-time high of 68% this year,...
China Big Fund to spend over CNY200 billion in 2nd-phase support for local chipmakers
Monday 28 October 2019China's National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund (Big Fund) on October 22 set up a new fund of CNY204.15 billion (US$28.9 billion), marking the start of its second-phase...
UMC allowed to buy remaining stake in Mie Fujitsu
Thursday 26 September 2019United Microelectronics (UMC) has satisfied all closing conditions, including final approval from all relevant government agencies, for the full acquisition of Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor...
Acer eyeing opportunities from big enterprises, says chairman
Thursday 18 April 2019Acer is eyeing business opportunities from big enterprises by using its non-traditional PC products such as monitors, artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and digital signage to...
SJSemi rolls out AiP technology for 5G and millimeter waves
Wednesday 20 March 2019SJ Semiconductor (SJSemi) has unveiled its ultrawideband dual-polarization antenna-in-package (AiP) technology for 5G millimeter-wave applications.
Number of 300mm wafer fabs to grow through 2023, says IC Insights
Tuesday 19 March 2019The number of 300mm wafer fabrication facilities in operation continues to increase. With nine new 300mm wafer fabs scheduled to open in 2019, the worldwide number of operational...
Advanced-node technology driving TSMC revenue per wafer, says IC Insights
Monday 15 October 2018The average revenue generated from processed wafers among the four biggest pure-play foundries - TSMC, Globalfoundries, UMC and SMIC - is expected to be US$1,138 in 2018 when expressed...
Intel 10nm delay raises speculation of foundry business scale-down
Thursday 2 August 2018Intel will not introduce its 10nm chips until the fourth quarter of 2019, which has raised speculation that the company may scale down its foundry business.
Flat panel demand to grow 7.2% in 2018, says IHS Markit
Thursday 23 November 2017Global demand for flat panel displays by area is forecast to grow 7.2% to 210 million square meters in 2018 compared to 2017, according to IHS Markit. That will be the biggest annual...
Samsung intros 11nm LPP process; 7nm LPP with EUV on schedule
Tuesday 12 September 2017Samsung Electronics has added 11nm FinFET process technology (11LPP, Low Power Plus) to its advanced foundry process portfolio, offering customers with a wider range of options for...
AMD appoints Abhi Talwalkar to board of directors
Tuesday 4 July 2017AMD has announced the appointment of Abhi Talwalkar to its board of directors.
VIS seeking 8-inch fab equipment from memory chipmakers
Tuesday 9 May 2017Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is looking to expand its 8-inch fabs, and has approached several memory makers to buy their second-hand equipment,...
Clevo ships 1.42 million notebooks in 2015, but sees increasing volume in high-end models
Monday 28 March 2016Clevo's notebook shipments reached 1.42 million units in 2015, down 13.93% from 1.65 million in 2014, but revenues from the business grew 4% on year in 2015 as the company shipped...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 1Q16 top foundries combined revenues to decrease
Tuesday 22 March 2016Combined revenues of Taiwan's major foundries: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are...
Google Cardboard sales reach 5 million units since launch, says executive
Thursday 3 March 2016Google has sold close to five million Cardboard virtual reality (VR) devices since its launch in 2014 and apps on the Google Play Store that support the product have surpassed 2,000,...
ASE, SPIL set to report robust profits for 2015
Wednesday 20 January 2016Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) is expected to see its 2015 profits hit the second-highest level in the company's history, while fellow packaging and testing company Siliconware...
Taiwan market: Samsung releases new smartphones, to launch VR devices and Samsung Pay
Tuesday 5 January 2016To strengthen its mid-range smartphone competitiveness, Samsung Electronics has launched its new Galaxy A5 and A7 smartphones in the Taiwan market, aiming to recapture the top vendor...
Getac Technology November revenues down on month, up on year
Tuesday 8 December 2015Taiwan-based ruggedized PC player Getac Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.6 billion (US$49.3 million) for November 2015, decreasing 7.3% on month but increasing...
Asian semiconductor equipment suppliers to lose market share in 2015, says Information Network
Friday 6 November 2015Asia-based semiconductor equipment makers will see their combined share of the global equipment sales shrink in 2015, according to the Information Network.
IBM pushing competitiveness in server CPU market
Thursday 22 October 2015IBM has recently decided to open part of its software source code for the China government to examine, and with IBM's action to license its Power chip architecture to China's chip...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan server revenues to rise 4.7% in 2015; global server shipments to drop 6.3%
Tuesday 20 October 2015Taiwan's revenues for server motherboards, servers, storage devices and related network equipment are expected to rise 4.7% on year to reach NT$494.3 billion (US$15.28 billion) in...