726 news items tagged fab
Global semiconductor equipment sales to rebound in 2020
Thursday 12 December 2019Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales will drop 10.5% to US$57.6 billion in 2019 from last year's historic peak of US$64.4 billion but stage a 2020 recovery and set a...
TSMC obtains Sony orders for CIS, says report
Tuesday 10 December 2019TSMC has obtained orders for CMOS image sensors from Sony, and will fabricate the chips using 40nm process technology at Fab 14A in Tainan, southern Taiwan, according to a recent...
Highlights of the day: Memory maker slows fab construction
Monday 9 December 2019Although the memory market looks to be heading towards a recovery in 2020, suppliers are cautious about expanding supply. Winbond is building a new plant in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan,...
Winbond slowing down new fab construction
Monday 9 December 2019Specialty DRAM and flash memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics is slowing down constructing and equipping its new 12-inch wafer plant in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, according to company...
Prospects bright for silicon wafer suppliers, fab toolmakers
Friday 6 December 2019Taiwan-based silicon wafer suppliers and fab toolmakers, particularly those in the supply chain of TSMC, have enjoyed a ramp-up in orders recently and become optimistic about their...
Powerchip seeing strong demand for smartphone sensors
Thursday 5 December 2019Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC), a foundry subsidiary of Powerchip Technology, has enjoyed robust demand for smartphone-use sensors which is filling its 12-inch fab ca...
Open AI Fab develops automated image matting models for advertising designers
Friday 29 November 2019Open AI Fab, a provider of subscription-based consulting in AI technology and AI solution, has developed Auto Hair, an AI-based automated image matting model to remove the background...
AWSC expanding 6-inch GaAs foundry capacity for 5G devices
Thursday 28 November 2019GaAs foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) is gearing up for capacity expansion to satisfy ever-expanding demand for 5G RF (radio frequency), PA (power amplifier), WiFi 6...
UMC enters risk production for 5G RF switches
Thursday 28 November 2019Pure-play foundry UMC has kicked off risk production for 5G RF switches using its 12-inch wafer fabrication lines, which are also looking to be validated for other 5G chip designs,...
TSMC 7nm chip supply remains tight
Tuesday 26 November 2019TSMC continues to see its 7nm manufacturing processes run at full utilization, according to sources at fabless chipmakers who said new orders placed recently cannot be fulfilled at...
TSMC Nanjing swings to quarterly profit
Tuesday 26 November 2019TSMC Nanjing Company has reported its first quarterly profit for the third quarter, which narrowed its losses to NT$1.41 billion (US$46.1 million) in the first three quarters of 2019...
GlobalWafers new fab in Korea to mass produce 12-inch wafer in 3Q20
Monday 25 November 2019GlobalWafers has disclosed it has inaugurated the second plant of its wholly-owned subsidiary MEMC Korea Company (MKC), which is scheduled to start volume production of 12-inch silicon...
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...
Open AI Fab provides subscription-based AI services
Thursday 21 November 2019Open AI Fab provides AI services, mainly consulting in AI technology and AI solutions, on a subscription basis for small- to medium-size enterprises to help them transform or upgrade...
Highlights of the day: TSMC, UMC to increase fab capacity in China
Friday 15 November 2019TSMC has committed to building its most advanced fabs in Taiwan, but that doesn't mean that it will stop expanding production capacity elsewhere, particularly China, which is home...
Powerchip sees improvement in order visibility
Thursday 14 November 2019Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC), a foundry subsidiary of Powerchip Technology, has seen its order visibility improve and managed to return to monthly profits in the second...
TSMC to build advanced packaging fab in northern Taiwan in 2020
Thursday 14 November 2019TSMC's planned advanced packaging plant in Miaoli, Northern Taiwan has passed environmental impact assessment, enabling the foundry house to kick off construction of the new fab in...
TSMC, UMC to allocate more 12-inch fab capacity for display driver IC
Thursday 14 November 2019TSMC and UMC are set to allocate more of their available 12-inch fab capacities for the fabrication of display driver ICs in 2020 to satisfy growing demand for applications such as...
Chinese DRAM maker CXMT ramping 19nm process output
Wednesday 13 November 2019China-based DRAM chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT, formerly Innotron) has managed to improve its 19nm process manufacturing yield rates to satisfactory levels, and is...
TSMC board approves US$6.6 billion for advanced process capacity
Wednesday 13 November 2019The board of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved capital appropriations of about US$6.62 billion for the construction of new fab facilities, installation...
GaAs foundries, backend firms see capacity utilization rates climb
Tuesday 5 November 2019GaAs IC foundries including Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) and Win Semiconductors have both seen their 6-inch fab capacity utilization rates ramp up, driven by robust demand...
TSMC, UMC enjoy ramp-up in China fab utilization rates
Tuesday 5 November 2019Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have both seen their China-based wafer fab utilization rates pick up recently, driven by growing...
Global MEMS and sensors fab capacity to grow 25% through 2023, SEMI reports
Friday 1 November 2019Total worldwide installed capacity for MEMS and sensors fabs is forecast to grow 25% to 4.7 million 200mm equivalent wafers per month from 2018 to 2023, driven by explosive demand...
VIS stays cautious
Friday 1 November 2019Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) remains cautious about its outlook for the rest of 2019, citing still high inventory levels at its customers, according to the Taiwan-based...
UMC expects wafer shipments to rise 10% in 4Q19
Thursday 31 October 2019Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects to post a 10% shipment increase sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2019, with its capacity utilization rate coming to nearly...

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- Intel prepared to invest $8bn in new Leixlip development (Feb 9) - Irish Times
- 200mm fab crunch (May 21, 2018) - Semiconductor Engineering
- Globalfoundries seeks fab, ASIC partners (May 14, 2018) - EE Times
- China foundry seeks shared model (Jan 29) - EE Times
- DoE claims 1nm fab record (May 1) - EE Times
- China: Fab boom or bust? (Mar 16) - Semiconductor Engineering
- Cypress sells Minnesota fab for $30 million (Mar 3) - EE Times
- Intel: Possible delay in 10nm ramp, says BlueFin (Mar 1) - Barron's
- China defends big chip bet (Jan 12) - EE Times
- Chip process war heats up (Sep 12) - EE Times