1917 news items tagged 2017
Airoha to acquire IC Plus
Wednesday 30 December 2020Airoha Technology, a MediaTek subsidiary, will acquire all shares of fellow company IC Plus at NT$22 (US$0.78) per share, according to company filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange...
Fabless company share of IC sales to set new record at 32.9% in 2020, says IC Insights
Tuesday 29 December 2020With a 22% jump expected in fabless company IC sales this year, led by a forecast US$2.8 billion sales increase by AMD, as compared to only a 6% IC sales increase forecast for the...
Polysilicon market to see dynamic growth, says Bernreuter Research
Wednesday 23 December 2020After three years of nearly stagnant demand, the polysilicon industry is entering a new phase of dynamic growth. As photovoltaic power plants have become the cheapest source of energy,...
DRAM to remain largest IC segment in 2020, says IC Insights
Monday 7 December 2020DRAM will generate the greatest sales revenue among all IC product categories in 2020, while NAND flash will outperform other sectors in terms of revenue growth, according to IC In...
TSMC reportedly plans capacity expansion at Nanjing fab
Monday 23 November 2020TSMC has decided to build new facilities at its 12-inch fab in Nanjing to satisfy growing demand from the foundry's local customers in China, according to a report by Taiwan's Central...
GF, Soitec announce RF-SOI wafer supply agreement
Friday 6 November 2020Globalfoundries and Soitec have announced a multi-year supply agreement for 300mm radio frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) wafers.
Micron eyeing new patent infringement lawsuit against China memory firm
Tuesday 6 October 2020Micron Technology has expressed its concerns to DRAM module manufacturers that chips developed by China-based ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) may violate its patents, according...
Former Nanya president leaves Tsinghua Unigroup
Monday 5 October 2020Charles Kau, formerly president for Taiwan's Nanya Technology, has stepped down as executive VP of global operations for Tsinghua Unigroup as his five-year contract with the China-based...
China foundry startup facing uncertain future
Friday 28 August 2020Wuhan Hongxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (HSMC), a logic IC foundry founded in late 2017, has had its available production facilities left idle with its expansion project put on...
Startup FlowView raises new funds
Friday 28 August 2020FlowView Tek, a startup business spun off from Taiwan's government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), has attracted investments from Taiwan's National Development...
TI remains top analog IC supplier
Friday 29 May 2020With analog sales of US$10.2 billion and a 19% market share, Texas Instruments held a firm grip on its position as the leading supplier of analog devices in 2019, according to IC...
Phison announces support for YMTC 3D NAND flash memory
Friday 8 May 2020Flash memory device controller supplier Phison Electronics has announced its support for Yangtze Memory Technologies' (YMTC) 3D NAND flash memory.
Intel reclaims top position in semiconductors
Thursday 16 April 2020Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled US$419.1 billion in 2019, down 12% from 2018, according to final results by Gartner. Intel regained the top position in the market as the downturn...
Global 2020 silicon wafer market uncertain
Wednesday 15 April 2020Global silicon wafer market sales could dip if uncertainty surrounding the impact of COVID-19 to the semiconductor industry persists, or could climb on the strength of rebounding...
Transistor count trends continue to track with Moore's Law, says IC Insights
Monday 9 March 2020The primary yardstick by which the IC industry measures its technological performance and progress remains Moore's Law that states there is a doubling of the number of transistors...
Semiconductor unit shipments to exceed 1 trillion devices in 2020, says IC Insights
Thursday 27 February 2020Annual semiconductor unit shipments including integrated circuits and optoelectronics, sensors and discrete (O-S-D) devices are forecast to rise 7% in 2020 and surpass one trillion...
Semiconductor R&D to nudge higher through 2024, says IC Insights
Monday 3 February 2020While consolidation in the semiconductor industry contributed to lower growth rates in R&D spending in the past five years, the long-term trend has been for a slowdown in annual...
Yangtze Memory gearing up for transition to 128-layer 3D NAND flash
Tuesday 21 January 2020Memory startup Yangtze Memory Technology (YMTC), in which China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup holds a controlling stake, has reiterated plans to transition directly from 64-layer...
MediaTek to make aggressive 5G push in China
Tuesday 24 December 2019MediaTek is expected to embrace an ambitious strategy to grow its presence in the 5G smartphone SoC sector. It will focus its efforts on 5G chip solutions for the upper midrange smartphone...
NOR flash supply likely to fall short of demand in 2020
Wednesday 27 November 2019The supply of NOR flash memory is likely to fall short of demand in 2020, with the gap estimated at up to 10%, according to industry sources.
Chinese foundry HSMC gearing up for 14nm, 7nm chip production
Friday 22 November 2019Wuhan Hongxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (HSMC), a logic IC foundry founded in late 2017, is gearing up for 14nm and 7nm process manufacturing eyeing to be China's most advanced...
Transcend to post better 4Q19 results
Monday 11 November 2019Memory module firm Transcend Information expects to post better financial results for the fourth quarter compared to the third quarter, citing recovery in end-market demand and chip...
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,...
TSMC, UMC see China-based fabs operate in the red in 1H19
Monday 2 September 2019Both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) saw losses from their 12-inch wafer fabs in China during the first half of 2019, while fellow...
TSMC enjoys robust 7nm chip demand
Tuesday 6 August 2019Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has enjoyed strong demand for 7nm chips and already utilized 100% of the process capacity since the third quarter of 2019, with orders...