Specialty IC foundry VIS considering 12-inch fab
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), which runs only 8-inch wafer fabs, is considering restarting its 12-inch fab plan that once took shape several years ago, according to industry sources......»»
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Don't want to spend a bundle on tools to take apart your smartphones, laptops, and other gadgets? There's no need to spend a small fortune on Apple's iPhone repair tools, with these options.The best tech repair toolkits include a variety of specialty.....»»
Consumer IC firms cautious about 2H22 demand prospects
Consumer MCU and other chip suppliers have become less aggressive in seeking more available foundry capacities for 2022 as they are cautious about the demand prospects for the second half of the year, according to industry sources......»»
DDR3 supply to fall short of demand in 3Q22
With tight logic foundry capacity easing, DDR3 and other niche-market memory demand has started picking up and is expected to outpace supply in the third quarter of 2022, according to industry sources......»»
Chimei unveils globally first light guide plate made from secondary MM
Polymer material and specialty chemical maker Chimei has unveiled the world's first light guide plate made from secondary MMA (methyl methacrylate), with its optical properties the same as those for light guide plates made from primary MMA, according.....»»
TSMC to see HPC chip orders contribute over NT$700 billion to 2022 revenue
TSMC is expected to see revenue generated from the HPC sector contribute more than NT$700 billion (US$23.9 billion) to the pure-play foundry's total revenue this year, according to market sources......»»
IC design houses may see double pressures erode profit momentum
Taiwan's IC designers are likely to see their profit momentum constrained by the double pressures of persisting high foundry costs and growing price reduction calls from downstream clients, according to industry sources......»»
TSMC on track to move 3nm process to volume production in 2H22
TSMC is on track to move 3nm process technology to volume production in the second half of this year, according to company CEO CC Wei, who also reiterated the foundry's plans to launch its 2nm GAA process in 2025......»»
Rising foundry quotes and weaker Taiwan dollar to buoy TSMC, others
TSMC and other Taiwan-based pure-play foundries are expected to enjoy another year of revenue and profit increases in 2022, as their price hikes since late 2020 have pushed the average foundry quotes to relatively high levels, coupled with exchange g.....»»
Steam Deck’s future-proofed potential borne out by ray-tracing tests
Digital Foundry confirms that RDNA 2 features are online—but only in Windows (for now). Enlarge / Quake II RTX and other games that support ray tracing have finally been confirmed as working on Steam Deck, both at 30 and 60 fps refre.....»»
Intel patent suggests drones may be used to create mobile billboards in the near future
When Intel isn't busy rejuvenating its foundry business and battling AMD for the CPU performance crown, the company is exploring various technologies and how they may be used......»»
Specialty IC foundry VIS enjoys another quarter of record revenue
Eight-inch foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) saw its revenue hit a record high for the ninth consecutive quarter in the first quarter of 2022, with March revenue also reaching a monthly record......»»
India state governments wooing semiconductor investments
With the geopolitical tensions between US and China, the Russian-Ukraine war, and the global chip shortage in recent years, countries, including India, have been wooing chip makers to invest. The same competition to attract chip foundry has also occu.....»»
China analog foundry startup gains support from Big Fund
Hangzhou Fullsemi Semiconductor, an IDM foundry specializing in analog chips, has raised an undisclosed sum of investment from China's National Semiconductor Industry Investment Fund (aka the Big Fund), according to Chinese corporate information app.....»»
SMIC posts 13% wafer ASP rise in 2021
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) saw its gross margin climb to a record high of 30.8% in 2021, when its wafer ASPs rose 13.1% to CNY4,763 (US$749.9) from CNY4,210 in 2020, according to the China-based pure-play foundry......»»
SMIC says production at Shanghai site unaffected by COVID lockdown
China-based pure-play foundry SMIC has said that production at its manufacturing site in Shanghai, where 8- and 12-inch fabrication lines are operated, remains normal and has not been affected by the city's lockdown......»»
5G PA foundry capacity utilization falls on sluggish China demand
Handset-use power amplifier (PA) inventory adjustments at Chinese vendors will last into the second quarter of the year with demand showing no signs of recovery, driving down GaAs-based PA capacity utilization rates at Taiwan foundries including Win.....»»
India"s fabless startups may add to foundry investors" interest
As an emerging economy, India is becoming increasingly well-known for its startups. Even before the Indian government began to doll out incentives to encourage local semiconductor manufacturing, several fabless startups in this sector have showcased.....»»
Taiwan wafer foundry industry, 4Q21
The top-4 Taiwan-based foundries - TSMC, UMC, PSMC and VIS - together generated an aggregated total revenue of US$19 billion in fourth-quarter 2021, up 6% from a quarter ago, taking their combined whole-year 2021 revenue to top US$68 billion, up 26%.....»»
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Deliver Us Mars has been announced for PS5 & PS4. Get the first details on the sequel and a trailer here. The post Atmospheric Sci-Fi Sequel Deliver Us Mars Coming To PS4, PS5 appeared first on PlayStation Universe. Frontier Foundry is bringing.....»»
Nvidia happy to let Intel produce its future GPUs
Huang answered questions at a press Q&A session yesterday (via Tom's Hardware) and was asked about Intel's Foundry Services (IFS) initiative. "We are very open-minded to considering Intel, and I'm delighted by the efforts that they're making," he sai.....»»