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Monday 14 November 2022
Is the automotive sector just a small buyer for fabs?
According to the analysis of management consulting company Alix Partners, the current automotive chip shortage and corresponding high prices could last another two years, mainly due...
Friday 11 November 2022
Auto chip IDMs still unlikely to get big extra foundry capacities in 2023
Automotive chip IDMs and first-tier components suppliers are set to negotiate capacity supply and manufacturing quotes for 2023 with their foundry partners in Taiwan, but it may not...
Thursday 10 November 2022
TSMC and UMC report double-digit October sales growth; no 3nm for Arizona yet
TSMC, the world's leading semiconductor foundry, has posted October revenues of NT$210.3 billion (US$6.6 billion), up 56% from a year ago, and up 1% month-on-month.
Thursday 10 November 2022
Fujitsu will leverage TSMC's foundry for its 2nm CPU
At a press conference on November 8, Japanese technology conglomerate Fujitsu mentioned that its power-saving CPU will be produced with the 2nm processing node technology, and will...
Thursday 10 November 2022
MediaTek poised to ramp up flagship market share with Dimensity 9200 SoCs
MediaTek is set to aggressively ramp up its share of the flagship smartphone AP market with its newly launched Dimensity 9200 SoC, despite overall handset market demand remaining...
Thursday 10 November 2022
Chiplet interconnect startup Eliyan, backed by Intel and Micron, announced successful tape-out on TSMC's 5nm node
Chiplet interconnect startup Eliyan Corporation, based in Califronia, has raised US$40 million Series A funding, backed by four investors including Intel Capital and Micron Ventures...
Thursday 10 November 2022
IC design service provider PGC upbeat about 2023
Progate Group Corporation (PGC), which is among TSMC's design ecosystem partners, has expressed optimism about its operations in 2023 and will start to trade its shares on the Taipei...
Thursday 10 November 2022
Wafer-level backend house VisEra slowing down capacity expansion
VisEra Technologies, a TSMC affiliate specializing in wafer-level optical thin film services, has decided to slow down its pace of capacity expansion to respond to falling chip and...
Thursday 10 November 2022
Hsinchu Science Park to acquire land in Longtan for new TSMC fab
Taiwan's Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) will complete the acquisition of land in Longtan, Taoyuan, in the northern part of Taiwan, for TSMC's new 1nm wafer fab within two years, according...
Thursday 10 November 2022
AMD to utilize TSMC CoWoS for next-gen datacenter accelerator
AMD will utilize TSMC's CoWoS packaging for the next generation of its datacenter accelerators, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 9 November 2022
TSMC reportedly to invest another US$12 billion to expand Arizona fab capacity
A Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report quoted sources saying that TSMC is going to expand its investment in Arizona by producing 3nm chips besides the current 5nm capacity. The...
Wednesday 9 November 2022
TSMC 7nm process capacity utilization falling rapidly
Capacity utilization rates for TSMC's 7nm process platform and its process variants N6, N7 have fallen below 50%, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 9 November 2022
MediaTek introduces 4nm smartphone chip
MediaTek has introduced a new smartphone application processor series built on TSMC's second-generation 4nm process technology, and expects smartphones powered by the new chips to...
Tuesday 8 November 2022
40nm likely to become mainstream process for car chips in 5 years
Automotive chips are on track for manufacturing process upgrades, with 40nm technology likely to replace 90nm as the mainstream process node in five years, according to industry so...
Monday 7 November 2022
Foundry, backend houses see capacity utilization fall further on more LTA cancellations
In response to sharp order cuts by downstream clients, an increasing number of smaller IC designers in Taiwan, especially those focusing more on PC-related chip solutions, have canceled...