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UMC's April revenue reached NT$22.796 billion, an annual increase of 39.16%
Feb
According to the financial report released by UMC, a wafer foundry in Taiwan, China today (6), the company's revenue in April reached NT$22.796 billion, a monthly increase of 2.96% and an annual increase of 39.16%. The accumulated revenue in the first four months was NT$86.219 billion, an annual increase of 35.82%.
According to Taiwanese media "Juheng.com", UMC e…
Due to a serious shortage of manpower, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix strengthen joint training with Korean universities to train employees
Feb
According to Businesskorea, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are planning to train 1,160 future employees over the next five years through joint courses with universities. That's because the industry's manpower shortage in South Korea is estimated to reach 30,000 by 2031, while the current annual output of graduate students is only around 150.
Samsung Electronics…
Winbond Electronics: Memory chips are becoming more and more important in heterogeneous integration
Feb
On May 9, DIGITIMES reported that Winbond Electronics, a professional DRAM and flash memory manufacturer, said that the role of memory chips is becoming more and more important in heterogeneous integration, and the company is working with potential customers in several related design projects. cooperate.
Focusing on good demand for AI-capable chips and devices ut…
TSMC's March revenue was NT$171.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 33.2%, the second highest in history
Feb
TSMC announced today that its revenue in March was NT$171.967 billion (the same unit below), the second highest in history. The overall revenue in the first quarter reached 491.076 billion yuan, a record high for a single quarter, and exceeded its operating target.
The legal person said that the main reason for the recovery of TSMC's revenue in March was the retu…
Kunshan extends seal control, industry: PCB factories may increase transportation costs and delay shipments
Feb
The epidemic situation in mainland China is severe. Kunshan, a major Taiwanese business town near Shanghai, extended the closure and control for 4 days to April 12, and required enterprises to be fully closed for management.
Industry insiders believe that printed circuit board manufacturers may face increased transportation costs, some shipment delays, and foundr…
Korean media: Samsung will purchase 6.5 million mobile phone OLED panels from BOE and Huaxing Optoelectronics
Feb
According to Korean media TheElec, Samsung is expected to purchase 6.5 million smartphone OLED panels from domestic display panel makers BOE and CSOT this year.
That would be about eight times what Samsung purchased last year, which would buy 3.5 million yuan from BOE and 3 million yuan from CSOT, Mizuho Securities analyst Yasuo Nakane told a conference in Busan,…
The industry says that the Q2 demand of DDI suppliers is facing uncertainty, and the automotive market is the key
Feb
According to industry sources, Taiwanese display driver IC (DDI) suppliers mostly reported strong sales in the first quarter, but they are bracing for a challenging second quarter amid uncertain demand.
According to "Electronic Times", in the first quarter, among the world's major DDI suppliers, Novatek's revenue increased by 38.5% year-on-year, Ruiding increased…
Agency: Due to changes in the semiconductor supply chain process, the packaging lead time has been extended to 50 weeks
Feb
On April 12, according to the Taiwanese media "Economic Daily", the delivery time of semiconductor packaging continued to be extended. Sondrel, an IC design service consulting company, pointed out that due to the change in the order of production capacity reservations in the semiconductor supply chain, and the need for new packaging capacity and personnel training, …
Industry: Lead times for automotive and industrial MCUs from IDM remain long
Feb
According to DIGITIMES, industry insiders said that the lead time of international IDM's automotive and industrial MCUs is still very long, at least 30 weeks or even more than a year, while Taiwanese manufacturers are stepping up to fill the supply gap of consumer MCUs, especially 32-bit MCUs source.
With additional foundry capabilities from TSMC, Japan's Renesas…
White House report: Supply chain bottlenecks will outlast the outbreak
Feb
The White House Economic Advisers (Council of Economic Advisers) released a report on Thursday (14th) saying that although the epidemic has exposed the fragility of the supply chain, it is not the source of the problem - these problems will not disappear after the epidemic is over.
According to the "New York Times" report on the 14th, the report pointed out that …
Focusing on smart health, Infineon releases a variety of sensors
Feb
With the accumulation of packaging, size, cost and technology, Infineon has recently released two millimeter wave sensors, expanding its sensors in the industrial field to the consumer electronics field.
One is BGT60LTR11AIP, a radar sensor based on millimeter wave Doppler effect, integrated baseband, using Antennas in Package (antenna package) packaging technolo…
Foreign media: Russia plans to launch a new semiconductor plan to achieve 28nm localization by 2030
Feb
Faced with sanctions that prevent it from getting chips from regular suppliers, Russia is drawing up plans to revive its ailing local semiconductor manufacturing, with plans for new chips involving sizable investments over the next eight years.
The Russian government has drawn up a preliminary version of a new microelectronics development plan that will require a…
Global chip inventories continue to accumulate, and industry interpretations are divided
Feb
According to Bloomberg, the world's major chip makers are accumulating inventories of finished goods at an accelerating pace, a phenomenon that has sparked industry concerns.
Although several interviewed companies all told Bloomberg that such inventory growth is in response to strong downstream demand and to avoid supply problems, manufacturers generally have opt…
Taiwan media: Shanghai Kunshan continues to block and control, Chongqing Chengdu iPad production line is forced to reduce production
Feb
According to DigiTimes, the impact of lockdowns in Shanghai and Kunshan, China is continuing to expand, and even the Apple supply chain in Chengdu has problems. Even if Kunshan reopens, the impact will only continue to expand in the short term.
Recently, the Chongqing NB supply chain has reported that the inventory of plastics, institutions and other components i…
Strong lithography machine profits Canon raises its fiscal 2022 net profit forecast to 250 billion yen
Feb
Japanese camera maker Canon expects to record a consolidated net profit of about 250 billion yen ($1.9 billion) in fiscal 2022, up 5 billion yen from its outlook announced in January and up about 100 million yen from the previous year. 20% due to strong earnings expectations for semiconductor lithography machines and security cameras.
Canon will report its first-…