2846 news items tagged semiconductor
Gudeng to sustain strong shipments of EUV pods in 2021
Tuesday 26 January 2021Taiwan-based Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer specializing in mask solutions and wafer handling tools, has expressed optimism that its...
Semiconductor equipment billings increase in December
Tuesday 26 January 2021Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment grew 2.6% sequentially and 7.6% on year in December 2020, according to SEMI.
TSMC, NTU expand R&D partnership to quantum materials
Friday 22 January 2021TSMC and National Taiwan University (NTU) have expanded their collaboration in technology development to quantum materials research.
Powerchip runs 12- and 8-inch fabs at nearly full utilization
Friday 22 January 2021Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) has run its 12- and 8-inch wafer fabs at nearly full capacity utilization, according to the Taiwan-based foundry.
GaAs foundry AWSC raises quotes
Thursday 21 January 2021GaAs foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) has notified its clients about an around 10% hike in its 6-inch foundry quotes, according to industry sources.
Lenovo plans to debut on China STAR market
Thursday 21 January 2021Lenovo has disclosed plans to trade its shares on the science and technology innovation board (STAR) of China's Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE).
R&D spending by semiconductor companies to hit another record high in 2021
Wednesday 20 January 2021Research and development spending by semiconductor companies worldwide is forecast to grow 4% in 2021 to US$71.4 billion after rising 5% in 2020 to a record high of US$68.4 billion,...
Highlights of the day: Semiconductor products in serious shortages
Tuesday 19 January 2021As demand for semiconductor products has continued picking up, their supply has also grown tighter. Foundries' supply...
Semiconductor firms up investments
Tuesday 19 January 2021The semiconductor industry has seen some major players committing significant sums for R&D, such as TSMC announcing to inject a record-high capex of up to US$28 billion in 2021...
ASE Technology posts record profit for 2020
Tuesday 19 January 2021Backend house ASE Technology has reported net profit of NT$27.59 billion (US$985.37 million) on consolidated revenue of NT$476.98 billion for 2020, with both results hitting the highest...
Innolux proposes concept of panel semiconductor
Monday 18 January 2021South Korean panel makers are withdrawing from the LCD market, while their Chinese competitors, after frenzy expansion propelled them to the top of the LCD sector, are not expected...
Dell optimistic about emerging technology development in 2021, says company CTO
Monday 18 January 2021Dell is optimistic about the development of quantum technologies, heterogeneous architecture of semiconductors, 5G and edge computing in 2021, according to company CTO John Roese.
Worldwide semiconductor revenue increases 7.3% in 2020, says Gartner
Friday 15 January 2021Following a decline of 12% in 2019, worldwide semiconductor revenue rebounded in 2020 to total US$449.8 billion, an increase of 7.3% from 2019, according to preliminary results by...
TSMC expects another record in 1Q21 revenue
Thursday 14 January 2021TSMC expects to post revenues of between US$12.7 billion and US$13 billion in the first quarter of 2021, which is a 1.3% sequential increase at the midpoint. Gross margin and operating...
Value of semiconductor industry M&A agreements sets record in 2020, says IC Insights
Thursday 14 January 2021Five big acquisition announcements and more than a dozen smaller deals in 2020 pushed the total value of M&A agreements in the year to an all-time high of US$118 billion, surpassing...
Major China MOSFET supplier raises prices
Wednesday 13 January 2021China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro) has notified its clients based mainly in China about price hikes for all its power semiconductor products, including MOSFET and IGBT components,...
III-V IC players enjoy high capacity utilization for 5G, Wi-Fi 6 applications
Wednesday 13 January 2021Taiwan's III-V IC firms including GaAs foundries Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) as well as epi-wafer suppliers Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC) and Intelligent...
Gowin embeds Winbond 64Mb HyperRAM to GoAI 2.0
Wednesday 13 January 2021Winbond Electronics Corporation, a leading global supplier of semiconductor memory solutions, today announced that FPGA manufacturer Gowin Semiconductor has embedded a Winbond 64Mb...
Probe cards in tight supply for driver ICs
Tuesday 12 January 2021With the supply of display driver ICs (DDI) falling increasingly short of demand, cantilever probe cards needed to process DDI and other midrange logic ICs including NAND controllers...
UMC, VIS see 2020 revenue hit record highs
Monday 11 January 2021Pure-play foundries United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) both saw their revenues hit all-time highs in 2020.
Taiwan 2nd-tier IC design houses post record December sales
Friday 8 January 2021Taiwan-based second-tier fabless chipmakers including Advanced Power Electronics, Andes Technology, Elan Microelectronics, Fitipower Integrated Technology, M31 Technology and Sitronix...
China semiconductor industry: From 13th 5-year Plan to 14th 5-year Plan, 2015-2025
Friday 8 January 2021The Outline of the Program for National Integrated Circuit Industry Development China released in 2014 specified that efforts would be made toward building a complete semiconductor...
TSMC equipment and materials suppliers to embrace strong 2021
Friday 8 January 2021Semiconductor equipment and materials suppliers of TSMC are poised to embrace a strong first quarter of 2021, and they are also optimistic about their sales prospects this year, according...
Renesas, Sequans expand collaboration on 5G
Friday 8 January 2021Renesas Electronics and Sequans Communications have jointly announced an expansion of their collaboration to include development of 5G modules based on the latter's upcoming Taurus...
Highlights of the day: Pricing pressure mounting from semiconductor supply chain
Thursday 7 January 2021Suppliers in almost all sectors in the semiconductor ecosystem are raising prices to reflect tight capacity amid strong demand. But there have been concerns that the upward...
- Chip industry group urges Biden admin to review export controls on China (Jan 26) - Reuters
- Germany urges Taiwan to help ease auto chip shortage (Jan 24) - Reuters
- ASML CEO sees U.S.-China trade antagonism outlasting Trump (Jan 14) - Reuters
- The US-China tech war won't end under Biden (Dec 15) - Wall Street Journal
- Phoenix okays development deal with TSMC for $12 billion chip factory (Nov 19) - Reuters
- Tech war with U.S. turbocharges China's chip-development resolve (Nov 16) - Wall Street Journal
- China's SMIC facing delays on some U.S.-made supplies-Global Times (Nov 12) - Reuters
- China's semiconductor industry sees 5G, AI applications driving opportunities for domestic substitutes amid US tech restrictions, says KPMG (Nov 9) - South China Morning Post
- AMD forecast fourth-quarter sales above expectations (Oct 28) - Reuters
- Vietnam again asks Samsung to invest in semiconductor infrastructure (Oct 21) - The Korea Herald