2933 news items tagged semiconductor
Global semiconductor equipment sales hit record high in 2020, says SEMI
Wednesday 14 April 2021Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment surged 19% from US$59.8 billion in 2019 to a new all-time high of US$71.2 billion in 2020, according to SEMI.
Taiwan chipmaking material distributors to embrace strong 2021
Wednesday 14 April 2021Semiconductor material distributors including Topco Scientific, Topco Technologies and Wahlee Industrial, and IC packaging materials distributors Chang Wah Electromaterials (CWE)...
TSMC reiterates commitment to US fab project
Tuesday 13 April 2021TSMC chairman Mark Liu, who participated in a virtual summit hosted by the Biden administration to discuss global chip shortages and the US plan to rebuild its semiconductor manufacturing...
Worldwide semiconductor revenue logs 10.4% surge in 2020, says Gartner
Tuesday 13 April 2021Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled US$466.2 billion in 2020, an increase of 10.4% from 2019, according to Gartner.
Taiwan pure-play foundries to see revenue hit another record highs in 2Q21
Tuesday 13 April 2021TSMC, United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are all expected to see their revenues hit another record highs in the second quarter of 2021, as...
A tumultuous road ahead for global markets
Tuesday 13 April 2021Shortages, which were originally attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, have continued to worsen in 2021. Continuous demand growth in various sectors like 5G, automotive and IoT, ongoing...
Major Taiwan IC design houses to hike prices in 2Q21
Tuesday 13 April 2021MediaTek and Elan Microelectronics both plan to raise their chip prices by 10-20% to reflect rising foundry costs starting May 1, while fellow IC design company Realtek Semiconductor...
ESMT expects gross margin to rise above 20% in 1Q21
Monday 12 April 2021Niche-market memory IC design house Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) has reported March revenue hit a record high of NT$1.91 billion (US$67.1 million), and expects its...
VIS reports record 1Q21 revenue
Monday 12 April 2021Taiwan-based Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), an 8-inch foundry for specialty ICs, saw its first-quarter revenue increase 5.3% sequentially to a record high of NT$9.18...
IC and material distributors to embrace strong profit growth in 2021
Friday 9 April 2021Taiwan-based IC and material distributors are expected to see their profit growths this year outperform revenue increases, as shortages of IC parts and materials are sending prices...
Nexperia, UAES agree partnership for gallium nitride
Friday 9 April 2021Nexperia has announced a comprehensive partnership covering gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductor devices with United Automotive Electronic Systems (UAES). The program will focus...
Himax sees revenue and EPS hit record highs in 1Q21
Thursday 8 April 2021Himax Technologies has disclosed its financial results for the first quarter of 2021, with revenue, gross margin and EPS all exceeding the company's guidance given previously and...
RichWave ramping up wafer starts at AWSC
Thursday 8 April 2021RF IC vendor RichWave Technology is ramping up wafer starts at foundry house Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) and also at its backend partners, looking to further grow...
Semiconductor units forecast to exceed 1 trillion devices in 2021
Thursday 8 April 2021Total semiconductor shipments including shipments of ICs as well as optoelectronics, sensor/actuator and discrete (O-S-D) devices are forecast to rise 13% to a record high of 1.135...
III-V IC firms embrace growing PA, RF demand as revenue booster
Wednesday 7 April 2021Taiwan's III-V semiconductor players including foundries Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC), and IDM Transcom have all reported impressive sales results...
Foundries likely to raise quotes again
Tuesday 6 April 2021Pure-play foundries have raised their quotes starting the second quarter of 2021 to reflect tight capacity, and are likely to adjust upward the prices again in the third quarter,...
Taiwan 1st-tier IC design houses set to post strong 1Q21 results
Tuesday 6 April 2021Taiwan-based first-tier IC design houses including MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor are believed to have seen their March revenues climb substantially...
Global semiconductor sales rise in year in February
Tuesday 6 April 2021Worldwide sales of semiconductors came to US$39.5 billion in February 2021, rising 14.7% on year but down a slight 1% sequentially, according to SIA.
US, Europe 'unrealistic' in fab expansion drive, says TSMC chair
Wednesday 31 March 2021It would be "economically unrealistic" for the US and Europe to expand semiconductor fab capacity to satisfy their own needs, according to TSMC chairman Mark Liu.
UMC, PSMC to raise foundry quotes by another 10-20%
Wednesday 31 March 2021Pure-play foundries United Microelectronics (UMC) and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) will initiate further price hikes of about 10-20% with the new pricing to be effective...
Leadframe supplier CWTC sees clear order visibility through April 2022
Tuesday 30 March 2021Leadframe supplier Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) has seen clear order visibility through April 2022, in line with wire-bonding process capacity at backend houses already booked by chipmakers...
IC equipment vendor KLA to boost local team in Taiwan
Tuesday 30 March 2021US-based semiconductor equipment vendor KLA is looking to beef up its operations in Taiwan with plans to hire an additional 100 staff this year.
Chipmaking equipment and materials suppliers looking to beef up operations in Taiwan
Tuesday 30 March 2021Japan-based semiconductor equipment vendor Tokyo Electron is reportedly eyeing the acquisition of a 6-inch wafer fab in Taiwan that has been put up on sale, while fellow companies...
Foundry quotes rise to rational levels, says Powerchip chair
Friday 26 March 2021Pure-play foundries have raised their quotes to fair and reasonable levels, according to Frank Huang, chairman for Taiwan-based foundry Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC)...
Semiconductor suppliers prepare for Intel Whitley
Friday 26 March 2021Suppliers of semiconductor components and materials, such as CCL and PCBs, have all geared up for the upcoming release of Intel's Whitley next-generation server CPU platform.
- As Biden works to fix chips shortage, Intel promises help for automakers (Apr 12) - Reuters
- Sixty-week delay on router orders shows scale of chip crisis (Apr 7) - Bloomberg
- A year after US hit Huawei, TSMC hometown basks in property boom (Apr 7) - Nikkei Electronics Asia
- Subaru cuts output by 10,000 vehicles over chip shortage (Apr 6) - Nikkei Electronics Asia
- Intel CEO to attend White House meeting on chip supply chain (Apr 6) - Reuters
- Micron, Western Digital looking at possible deals for Kioxia (Mar 31) - Wall Street Journal
- Chip shortage costs carmakers output of 1.3 million vehicles (Mar 31) - Bloomberg
- Korea gives final nod to SK Hynix KRW120 trillion project (Mar 30) - Korea Herald
- Analysis: Money no object as governments race to build chip arsenals (Mar 26) - Reuters
- China EV maker Nio halts production for 5 days on chips shortage (Mar 26) - Bloomberg