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Tuesday 15 August 2023
TSMC should be able to keep its new overseas JV fabs profitable
Market observers view TSMC's overseas expansion strategy with skepticism, which also presents some opportunities for the pure-play foundry. Despite the fact that its wholly owned...
Friday 11 August 2023
SMIC expands production despite geopolitical and macroeconomic challenges
Amid the subdued demands for consumer electronics and smartphones, the rising utilization rate recorded by Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), the largest pure-play...
Friday 11 August 2023
TSMC, VIS unlikely to drop 8-inch foundry quotes
TSMC and specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) only negotiate prices when volume and long-term contracts are in place in order to maintain their wafer average...
Thursday 10 August 2023
TSMC, VIS post over 10% sequential revenue increases in July
TSMC and specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have reported sequential revenue increases of 13.6% and 14.4%, respectively, in July.
Thursday 10 August 2023
GaAs foundries post mixed July revenues
July revenue for Win Semiconductors fell 8.3% sequentially, while revenue for fellow GaAs foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) rose 9.8% sequentially. Despite a 51.1% increase...
Wednesday 9 August 2023
TSMC unveils plan for JV foundry in Dresden
TSMC has announced that it will invest alongside Robert Bosch, Infineon Technologies, and NXP Semiconductors in European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC) in Dresden, Germany...
Tuesday 8 August 2023
Samsung secures 3nm GAA new orders amid persisting foundry revenue challenges
According to Business Korea, there are rumors suggesting that Samsung foundry, including its System LSI division, may experience losses of up to 1 trillion KRW (approximately...
Monday 7 August 2023
UMC posts flat July revenue
Pure-play foundry United Mircroelectronics (UMC) has reported revenue of NT$19.06 billion (US$601.3 million) for July 2023, essentially unchanged sequentially. However, compared to...
Thursday 3 August 2023
Labor unions may hinder TSMC's overseas fab expansions
The expansion of TSMC's fabs abroad may be hampered by strong labor unions in the US and Europe, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 2 August 2023
VIS remains upbeat about long-term 8-inch foundry market outlook
Despite short-term headwinds, the long-term demand outlook for the 8-inch silicon wafer market remains resilient, according to specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor...
Wednesday 2 August 2023
An analogy between semiconductor competition and World Baseball Classic
Semiconductor industry is extremely capital-intensive and technology-driven. Those players who hold dominant positions define the market. To illustrate this, I'll use the analogy...
Tuesday 1 August 2023
VIS posts sequential profit growth in 2Q23
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has reported net profits surged 46.3% sequentially to nearly NT$2 billion (US$63.2 million) in the second quarter of...
Tuesday 1 August 2023
Win Semi loss narrows in 2Q23
GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors saw its loss shrink significantly in the second quarter of 2023, when its fab utilization rates rebounded to around 40%.
Friday 28 July 2023
IFS sees 2Q23 sales quadruple from year ago; Intel 20A and 18A stay on steady track
Intel has posted a surging on-year growth of 307% in revenues from Intel Foundry Service (IFS) and the chip giant believes its on-schedule manufacturing process developments of Intel...
Monday 24 July 2023
Shanghai HLMC is said to takeover GF's Chengdu Foundry
At a time when China is in urgent need of increasing its semiconductor capacity, Chinese media outlet Ijiwei has recently disclosed that Shanghai Huali Microelectronics (HLMC),...