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Wednesday 3 April 2024
Latest Update: TSMC said EUV equipment all safe and sound
A major earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.4, struck Taiwan at 7:58 am on April 3 local time. Within 10 hours of the April 3 earthquake, the recovery rate of TSMC fab equipment exceeded...
Wednesday 3 April 2024
No single country can monopolize semiconductors, says former TSMC R&D chief
Semiconductors encompass a wide spectrum of critical technologies, making it difficult for any single country to dominate, according to Burn-Jeng Lin, former TSMC VP of R&D.
Tuesday 2 April 2024
Russia de-risks through Chinese foundry and RISC-V
Since Western countries imposed sanctions against Russia, Russia-based Baikal Electronics is looking to switch to RISC-V and may have turned to a certain China-based pure-play foundry...
Tuesday 2 April 2024
TSMC to sign MoU with Kyushu Univ for joint research and talent training
Japanese media Yomiuri and Nikkei reported that TSMC will sign an MoU in April with Kyushu University covering semiconductor lectures, talent training, and joint...
Tuesday 2 April 2024
TSMC places additional equipment orders for CoWoS packaging
TSMC has placed more equipment orders to boost its CoWoS packaging manufacturing capability, according to sources at fab toolmakers.
Monday 1 April 2024
Weekly news roundup: Leaked Huawei chipset details surface, revealing chips manufactured with SMIC 5nm process
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of March 25 – March 29.
Friday 29 March 2024
Moderate quarterly recovery anticipated for 2nd-tier foundries
While TSMC is likely to make a strong recovery this year, other Taiwanese and second-tier wafer foundries are expected to see their operations gradually improve quarterly.
Friday 29 March 2024
TSMC plans A14 process manufacturing in Kaohsiung, say sources
TSMC has revised its new fab project in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, by adding two more phases of expansion for 1.4nm (A14) process manufacturing, according to sources at fab tool...
Thursday 28 March 2024
TSMC to see 2Q24 revenue increase
TSMC is expected to post revenue growth in the second quarter of 2024, both sequentially and on an annual basis, when the pure-play foundry's 3/5nm process capacity will be almost...
Wednesday 27 March 2024
Taiwan wafer foundry industry, 1Q24
Taiwan's wafer foundry industry will experience a sequential decline in first-quarter 2024 revenues before a rebound in the second quarter.
Wednesday 27 March 2024
Research Insight: Intel obtains subsidies but faces challenges
Vying for government subsidies would be the easiest assignment for Intel when it comes to expanding its foundry business, DIGITIMES Research believes.
Tuesday 26 March 2024
Redefining MEMS speakers: Q&A with xMEMS CEO Joseph Jiang
US-headquartered xMEMS is on track to redefine Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) speakers.
Tuesday 26 March 2024
Former TSMC director: China will form its semiconductor system, but hard to compete with others
Retired former TSMC R&D director Konrad Young said China's semiconductor industry will eventually become an independent ecosystem and develop its systems under the US sanctions...
Tuesday 26 March 2024
TSMC + Japan: win-win situation or mutual exploitation?
At a recent semiconductor forum hosted by a think tank under Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), former TSMC R&D Director Konrad Young and various scholars...
Monday 25 March 2024
Exclusive: Taiwan supply chain helps Micron to achieve early HBM3E mass production
Support from Taiwan's supply chain was behind US memory IDM Micron's successful mass production of its latest-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM) product – HBM3E –...