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Wednesday 5 July 2023
Nvidia reportedly mulls outsourcing partial AI GPU production to Samsung
Nvidia is reportedly mulling outsourcing a portion of its AI GPUs to Samsung Electronics for fabrication amid increasingly tight capacity supply from TSMC. Industry observers noted...
Wednesday 5 July 2023
Update: ASML denies considering special-version DUV lithography for Chinese customers
To mitigate the impact of Dutch export restrictions on Chinese chipmakers, ASML's Chinese customers were expecting that the Netherlands-based lithography machine maker may release...
Tuesday 4 July 2023
European, US IDMs differ in backend capacity deployments, says ASEH COO
European IDMs differ slightly from their US counterparts in terms of manufacturing capacity deployments, focusing more on expanding wafer fab capacity than backend packaging and testing...
Monday 3 July 2023
MA-tek steps up overseas expansion
IC verification lab Materials Analysis Technology (MA-tek) plans to allocate NT$1.2 billion (US$38.6 million) in capital expenditures for 2023, of which nearly 80% will be used to...
Monday 3 July 2023
TSMC sees robust AI chip orders from Nvidia, Broadcom, AMD through 2024
TSMC is expected to see a significant revenue rebound in the second half of the year, which will be driven by not only the launch of new iPhones but also strong demand for AI chips...
Monday 3 July 2023
China-based JCET expands advanced packaging business to take on ASE and TSMC
As the geopolitical tensions between the US and China are leading to reshaping the global supply chain landscape, China-based JCET is looking to grab a bigger pie of the rising Chinese...
Monday 3 July 2023
Samsung set to commercialize 2nm chips in 2025, 1.4nm by 2027
Samsung Electronics has disclosed its latest advanced process development roadmap at the just-ended 2023 Samsung Foundry Forum, with plans to mass produce 2nm chips by 2025 and commercialize...
Monday 3 July 2023
TSMC: no impact from hardware supplier's cyber breach
TSMC, a leading foundry, has denied the market rumor saying that it was threatened by the hacker group behind the ransomware Lockbit, demanding a ransom of US$70 million.
Thursday 29 June 2023
TSMC to back up Arizona site with manpower, highlighting US talent shortage problem
According to sources, TSMC and its suppliers plan to dispatch hundreds of workers from Taiwan to Arizona, USA, to accelerate the construction of TSMC's fab. The move highlights not...
Thursday 29 June 2023
AMD CEO to visit Taiwan in mid-July
AMD CEO Lisa Su and other senior executives will travel to Taiwan in the middle of July to confer with local PC and server industry supply chain partners and customers, according...
Thursday 29 June 2023
TSMC to see fab utilization rates rise substantially
Pure-play foundry TSMC will see its fab utilization rates, notably for sub-7nm process manufacturing, rise substantially in the second half of this year, according to sources at fab...
Tuesday 27 June 2023
Nvidia rumored to secretly aid Amkor to support AI advanced packaging
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's exclamation of the arrival of "AI's iPhone moment" sparked an explosive demand for AI HPC (high-performance computing) chips. For 2.5D advanced packaging...
Tuesday 27 June 2023
Samsung's investment in Japan: advantages and disadvantages
Following the G7 Summit held May 19–21 in Hiroshima, the geopolitical war surrounding semiconductors is heating up in Northeast Asia. In response to the increasing intensity...
Tuesday 27 June 2023
TSMC in talks with potential 2nm customers, say sources
Despite the fact that unit wafer prices for TSMC's 2nm gate-all-around (GAA) process will approach US$25,000, the foundry is already in discussions with potential customers about...
Monday 26 June 2023
Dongjin Semichem set to develop high-NA EUV photoresists in 2H23
South Korean semiconductor chemical materials maker Dongjin Semichem has announced plans to develop a new generation of high-NA EUV photoresists to meet the demand to result from...