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Samsung is difficult to overtake in corners, Apple is rumored to underwrite TSMC’s initial production capacity of 3nm
Feb
Although there has been news recently that due to seasonal factors, TSMC’s 5-nanometer capacity utilization rate will decline next year, but now there are more rumors that Apple has actually placed orders for 3-nanometers.
According to TSMC’s plan, 3nm certification and trial production will be completed next year, and mass production will begin in 2022. Howe…
Wafer foundry capacity is in short supply! The price of NAND Flash controller will increase by about 15~20%
Feb
According to the latest report of TrendForce’s Semiconductor Research Office, the capacity of upstream foundries such as TSMC and UMC is limited, and downstream packaging and testing capacity is in short supply. Many NAND Flash controller manufacturers, including Phison and Silicon Motion, cannot meet customer demand. Single demand. In addition to suspending quota…
Nikkei: TSMC's US plant is ready to set up a team of more than 600 employees to prepare
Feb
According to the Nikkei Asian Review, TSMC is forming a team of more than 600 employees including engineers and executives to prepare for its first US factory.
TSMC Chairman Liu Deyin told Nikkei that TSMC will start building a $12 billion chip factory in Arizona next year. A working group composed of more than 300 existing employees and management personnel will…
IC packaging and testing output value in Taiwan is expected to increase to US$20 billion next year
Feb
According to Taiwan Media Economic Daily, demand for IC packaging and testing will be strong in the first half of 2021. DIGITIMES Research estimates that Taiwan’s professional outsourcing packaging and testing (OSAT) production value is expected to be a new one, challenging US$20 billion.
Chen Zejia, an analyst at DIGITIMES Research, pointed out that driven by …
Tokyo Electronics launches new semiconductor cleaning machine to prevent damage to chip structure
Feb
On December 24, Tokyo Electronics, a large Japanese semiconductor manufacturing equipment manufacturer, announced that it will release the cleaning machine "CELLESTA SCD" in January 2021. This product has a drying function that can increase the yield of cutting-edge semiconductors. By increasing the drying process using "supercritical fluid" (essentially no surface …
The Wistron factory riots did not reduce Apple’s determination to expand manufacturing in India, and many suppliers will set up factories
Feb
Although the Indian riots took place a few days ago, Apple's determination to expand manufacturing in India is still unabated. According to foreign media reports, the relevant supply chain is drawing up plans to set up factories in India.
Despite the destruction of Wistron’s southern India plant, Apple still decided to expand its manufacturing scale in India, i…
The supply chain transfer is beginning to take effect, and the equipment factory will enjoy the production migration dividend next year
Feb
In order to accelerate the diversification of production risks, the major foundries have successively set up factories in Southeast Asia, officially kicking off the supply chain migration. The industry is optimistic that in the future, the completion of the EMS foundry production capacity will drive peripheral batteries, Enclosure, testing, and other industries go t…
Samsung extends its production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for TVs and monitors indefinitely
Feb
Samsung Display said on Tuesday that the company will indefinitely extend its production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for TVs and monitors in South Korea due to rising demand due to home-based trends during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This decision replaces Samsung’s March plan to suspend production of LCD panels before the end of this year to focus on mor…
Samsung Electronics' market value surpasses TSMC, analysts are optimistic about the prospects of next year's wafer foundry industry
Feb
According to reports, the market value of South Korea's Samsung Electronics (Samsung) reached 475.1 billion US dollars on the 28th, surpassing TSMC. It is also the first time that Samsung Electronics' market value surpassed TSMC in about 5 months. Experts believe that as the 5G and AI-related markets continue to grow, the outlook for the wafer generation industry in…
Intel spin-off manufacturing business? Analyst: The gross profit margin may be cut by more than 30%
Feb
Intel’s competitiveness continues to be lost, and the radical hedge fund Third Point LLC suggests that it may be possible to split the manufacturing business through the establishment of a joint venture. However, analysts doubt whether the independent manufacturing business will work.
Wells Fargo published a research report that pointed out that Third Points's …
Rumor has it that TSMC and Samsung encounter obstacles in the development of 3nm and may delay mass production
Feb
According to digitimes reports, industry sources revealed that TSMC and Samsung have encountered different but critical bottlenecks in the development of their respective 3nm process technologies.
According to reports, TSMC and Samsung will therefore have to postpone the development progress of the 3nm process technology.
TSMC Chairman Liu Deyin previously sta…
Qualcomm launches Snapdragon 480 5G mobile platform, 5G entry-level affordable models will explode
Feb
On January 4, 2021, Qualcomm Technologies announced the launch of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G mobile platform, which is the first Snapdragon 4 series mobile platform that supports 5G. Snapdragon 480 can further promote the popularization of 5G, enabling more entry-level 5G mobile phones to be launched.
Kedar Kondap, vice president of product management at Qual…
TrendForce: It is estimated that the output value of the world's top ten wafer foundries in Q4 will increase by 18% annually
Feb
TrendForce's Tuoqi Industry Research Institute released a report that pointed out that the foundry market in the fourth quarter is still strong, and the production capacity of each factory continues to be fully loaded. The tight production capacity will drive the overall revenue upward due to the price increase effect. The top ten foundry companies will have revenue…
Qualcomm and NTT DOCOMO join hands to realize the world's first commercial use of 5G Sub-6GHz carrier aggregation in Japan
Feb
On December 7, 2020, Qualcomm Technologies and NTT DOCOMO announced today that the two parties have jointly implemented the world's first commercial use of 5G Sub-6GHz carrier aggregation in Japan, which can bring multi-gigabit mobile experience to DOCOMO users from now on. Through the deployment of 5G carrier aggregation, a key technology in the 5G specification, u…
TSMC won the 2021 IEEE Enterprise Innovation Award
Feb
According to TSMC’s official website, TSMC, a major foundry manufacturer, announced today that the company has won the 2021 IEEE Enterprise Innovation Award for its leading position in 7nm (7nm) semiconductor process technology.
It is reported that since TSMC's 7nm technology started mass production in April 2018, more than 1 billion high-quality dies have been…