2092 news items tagged 2018
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...
Bough Lin to resign as SPIL chairman
Monday 30 November 2020Bough Lin will resign as chairman of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), according to ASE Technology, the parent company for SPIL.
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...
IC Insights expects modest DRAM price erosion through end-2020
Wednesday 28 October 2020DRAM ASPs climbed to US$3.70 in June 2020 before tapering off to US$3.51 in July and August, according to IC Insights, which expects modest price erosion through the end of this ye...
SK Hynix to acquire Intel NAND memory biz
Tuesday 20 October 2020Intel and SK Hynix have signed an agreement under which the latter would acquire the former's NAND memory and storage business for US$9 billion, according to the companies.
China to have 22% of foundry market in 2020, says IC Insights
Wednesday 14 October 2020Despite the COVID-19 shutdown of the Chinese economy earlier this year, China's share of the pure-play foundry market is forecast to be 22% in 2020, 17pp higher than it registered...
TSMC makes 1 billionth defect-free 7nm chip
Monday 24 August 2020TSMC has marked the manufacture of the one-billionth good die on the foundry's 7nm technology, which means one billion functional, defect-free 7nm chips.
TSMC develops dry-clean technique for EUV mask
Monday 3 August 2020TSMC has developed what the company claims is the world's first environmental-friendly "dry-clean technique for EUV mask" to replace the traditional clean process.
NAND flash, DRAM to remain largest IC market segments
Friday 31 July 2020DRAM and NAND flash are expected to repeat as the two largest IC segments again in 2020 after holding the same positions in 2019, according to IC Insights.
Analog acquiring Maxim shows semiconductor sector shakeout
Monday 20 July 2020The global semiconductor industry has too much capacity, too many players and has had declining revenues since the end of 2018. Market prospects are bleak for the next two years and...
GaN and SiC power semiconductor markets set to pass US$1 billion mark in 2021, says Omdia
Thursday 2 July 2020The emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is forecast to pass US$1 billion in 2021, energized by demand from hybrid & electric...
The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on sales of automotive power semiconductors, with falling demand for motor vehicles causing global market revenue to decline by 16% in 2020,...
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...
Samsung, Globalfoundries to see growing threat from TSMC
Monday 18 May 2020TSMC has an over 50% of the global pure-play foundry market, and the establishment of its new US fab could pose a further threat to Samsung's foundry operations and Globalfoundries,...
China imports of IC to drop in 2020
Friday 8 May 2020China's imports of ICs are set to drop below US$300 billion in value this year, due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic impacting both supply and demand, according to Wei Shaojun,...
Chiplets promise to help reinstate Moore's Law
Wednesday 29 April 2020Moore's Law may not be dead, but at 55 years old, it's certainly feeling its age, with the pace of semiconductor manufacturing advancement decelerating in recent years. However, a...
IC unit shipments to drop for 2nd consecutive year in 2020
Thursday 23 April 2020IC Insights has forecast that worldwide IC unit shipments will register their first-ever back-to-back annual decline in 2020.
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...
Global semiconductor equipment sales drop 7% in 2019, SEMI says
Wednesday 15 April 2020Semiconductor equipment manufacturers worldwide logged sales of US$59.8 billion in 2019, a 7% drop from the all-time high of US$64.5 billion in 2018, according to SEMI.
Intel shines in 2019 semiconductor market
Monday 6 April 2020It was a year when global semiconductor revenue fell by the greatest percentage in at least two decades, when eight of the top-10 chip suppliers suffered revenue declines and when...
US IC companies maintain global marketshare lead, says IC Insights
Thursday 19 March 2020Regional marketshares of IDMs (companies operating wafer fabs) and fabless companies, and total IC sales were led by US-headquartered companies in 2019, according to IC Insights.
Samsung foundry forum postponed
Tuesday 17 March 2020Due to growing concerns around the coronavirus, the Samsung Foundry Forum 2020 has been postponed, according to Samsung Electronics. The event was originally scheduled for May 20...
DRAM vendors enhance LPDDR5 offerings
Thursday 12 March 2020Memory vendors have enhanced their LPDDR5 mobile DRAM offerings to include those for midrange 5G-capable smartphones.
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...