News tagged 28nm at DIGITIMES

NEWS TAGGED 28NM

Monday 18 August 2025

Hua Hong Semiconductor to acquire HLMC to expand 12-inch chipmaking capacity

Hua Hong Semiconductor announced on August 17 that it will acquire a controlling stake in Shanghai Huali Microelectronics Corporation...

Monday 18 August 2025

Strong demand for advanced nodes drives Topco's 1H25 revenue growth

Topco Scientific (TSC) stated during an earnings call on August 14, 2025, that current semiconductor market conditions are on par with the first quarter of 2025, adding that advanced...

Monday 28 July 2025

Huawei's shadow fab (3): key 'mature process' piece on the US radar

While global attention focuses on the arms race in advanced semiconductor processes below 7nm, China is quietly setting up a formidable strategy in another area considered a "non-strategic...

Saturday 31 May 2025

UMC rules out Middle East fab as currency risks cloud 2H outlook

UMC, a leading foundry, held its shareholders' meeting on May 28, 2025. Chief financial officer Chi-Tung Liu pointed out that due to significant impacts from tariffs and exchange...

Thursday 22 May 2025

Xiaomi vaults to 3nm with XRing O1, pairing custom AP with external baseband

Xiaomi's XRing O1 will debut in the 15S Pro smartphone and Pad 7 Ultra, reportedly built on TSMC's second-gen 3nm (N3E) process. With around 19 billion transistors, the chip ranks...

Monday 5 May 2025

China's 28nm foundry capacity to hit 31% by 2027 as SMIC, HLMC, Nexchip ramp up

China is rapidly expanding mature-node chip production at key sites, including SMIC's fabs in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai Lingang, and...

Monday 7 April 2025

China semiconductor's Deepseek moment? SiCarrier lithography claims meet skepticism

SiCarrier, once a little-known name in China's chip sector, has jolted the semiconductor industry with bold claims of breakthroughs in photolithography—a field long ruled by...

Thursday 9 January 2025

Chinese foundries cut prices to vie for orders, while UMC and VIS pursue redirected orders

The US continues to tighten its trade restrictions against China, with the Biden-Harris administration launching a Section 301 investigation into China's mature process technologies,...

Tuesday 7 January 2025

TSMC's price hikes send Apple A-series wafer costs soaring to US$18,000 per wafer

Apple's A-series chips have evolved significantly, with transistor counts rising from 1 billion in the A7 to 20 billion in the A18 Pro. This advancement has driven a transition from...

Wednesday 11 December 2024

Collaboration with Samsung is unfeasible, says TSMC founder

Reflecting on past interactions with Samsung Electronics (Samsung) at a book launch event for his new autobiography, TSMC founder Morris Chang noted that former Samsung chairperson...

Tuesday 10 December 2024

Challenges in developing semiconductor industries in emerging countries

In response to the semiconductor shortages caused by the pandemic and the ongoing tensions between the US and China, countries have increasingly focused on strengthening their semiconductor...

Monday 28 October 2024

China remains a key player in mature processes, set to invest over US$100 billion in capacity expansion over the next three years

Amid the surge of investments in the semiconductor sector, China's focus on mature process technologies is essential. In a recent interview in Shanghai, SEMI China President Lung...

Monday 23 September 2024

Weekly news roundup: Qualcomm and MediaTek competition in 3nm SoC; progress of China's 28nm process

These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of September 16 – September 20.

Friday 20 September 2024

China's homegrown DUV equipment struggles with multiple exposures, hindering chip process advancements

China's latest domestically produced DUV exposure machine cannot perform the critical multiple exposures needed for advanced chip production, making it incapable of achieving finer...

Wednesday 18 September 2024

How far is China from 28nm process after domestic lithography breakthrough?

One of the critical focal points in the US-China tech war is the collaborative effort by the US, Japan, and the Netherlands to prevent Chinese semiconductor companies from acquiring...

1/42 pages