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Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Declined 2.3% in 2015 (2016.04.05)
Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $334.8 billion in 2015, a 2.3 percent decline from 2014, according to final results by Gartner, Inc. The combined revenue of the top 25 semiconductor vendors fell by 0.5 percent during 2015 |
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Optoelectronics, Sensors/Actuators and Discretes Will Stabilize in 2016 (2016.04.01)
Overall demand for optoelectronics, sensors, actuators, and discrete semiconductors softened in 2015 as the fragile global economy weakened, but these market segments are expected to stabilize in 2016 and gradually return to more normal growth rates in the second half of this decade, according to IC Insights’ new 2016 O-S-D Report |
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TSMC and Nanjing Sign 12-inch Fab Investment Agreement (2016.03.28)
HSINCHU, Taiwan－ TSMC today announced that the Company and the municipal government of Nanjing, China have signed an investment agreement. This agreement affirms that TSMC will make an investment in Nanjing valued at US$3 billion to establish TSMC (Nanjing) Co |
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DediProg Releases Automated IC Programming System, DP2000 (2016.03.28)
After working with a variety of prominent manufacturers, DediProg has designed and manufactured the patented DP2000 Automated IC Programming System, to meet different demands of production programming.
With a high performance of 3000 units per hour (UPH) t hat outpaces the rival's throughput and helps factor ies m eet production deadline s with great return on investmen t |
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SEMI Reports 2015 Global Semiconductor Equipment Sales of $36.5 Billion (2016.03.24)
SEMI today reported that worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled $36.53 billion in 2015, representing a year-over-year decrease of 3 percent. 2015 total equipment bookings were 5 percent lower than in 2014 |
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ASE Showcases Its Leading IC Assembly Technology at SEMICON China 2016 (2016.03.15)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc (ASE), announced it will be showcasing its System in Package (SiP) solutions in consumer and automotive applications at SEMICON China, scheduled to take place in Shanghai, China, from March 15 to 17, 2016 |
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SEMI Taiwan Highlights Industry 4.0 at Semiconductor Smart Manufacturing Forum (2016.03.14)
Ideas about smart factories and Industry 4.0 have become one of the most important issues in Taiwan high-tech industry, and how to introduce these ideas into the production flows of various sectors will be a big challenge for the island in years to come |
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X-FAB Announces 6-inch SiC Production in Texas, United State (2016.03.11)
X-FAB Silicon Foundries announced the availability of its silicon carbide (SiC) offering from its wafer fab in Lubbock, Texas.
X-FAB Texas has heavily upgraded its manufacturing resources in order to make them “SiC-ready” |
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Semiconductor Unit Shipments To Exceed 1T Devices in 2018 (2016.03.08)
Total yearly semiconductor unit shipments (integrated circuits and opto-sensor-discrete, or O-S-D, devices) are forecast to continue their upward march and are now expected to top one trillion units for the first time in 2018, according to the IC Insights |
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Taiwan’s ICs Foundries Are at Full Capacity After Severe Earthquake (2016.03.01)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － Taiwan's Economic Daily News reported that Taiwan’s IC foundries were fully loaded. Including TSMC, UMC and VIS(Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation), had greatly increased their orders since the severe earthquake in February |
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Taiwan Passes South Korea to Become NO.1 in IC Wafer Fab Capacity (2016.03.01)
IC Insights reported that Taiwan led all regions/countries in wafer capacity with nearly 22% of worldwide IC capacity installed in the country in the Dec-2015. And Taiwan surpassed South Korea in 2015 to become the largest capacity holder after having passed Japan in 2011 |
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Taiwan IC Revenue Reaches US$ 71B in 2015, 2.8% increase (2016.02.19)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - According to the TSIA survey that Q4 2015 Taiwan IC revenue as a whole (including design, manufacturing, packaging and testing) totaled NT$563.2 billion(US$17.7B), down 1.9% on-quarter and 4.6% decrease on-year |
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SMIC, Leadcore Jointly Announce 28nm HKMG Process Ready to Launch (2016.02.17)
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"), and Leadcore Technology Co. Ltd. ("Leadcore"), jointly announce that SMIC's 28nm HKMG (High-K Metal Gate) process is ready with customer's NTO (New Tape Out) success |
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Taiwan’s IC Foundry Hold Its Ground Despite Earthquake Risk (2016.02.11)
TAIPEI, Taiwan － The earthquake occurred on February 6 in Tainan, Taiwan, leading to more than fifty people were killed and hundreds injured, while undermining the part of the fab plant of TSMC. Which resulting in TSMC's Fab 6 and Fab 14 had to shut down to recover for more than three days, once triggered disruption risk of global semiconductor manufacturing chain |
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Worldwide Silicon Wafer Area shipments Increases 3% in 2015, Decreases by 6% (2016.02.10)
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 3 percent in 2015 when compared to 2014 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its year-end analysis of the silicon wafer industry. However, worldwide silicon revenues decreased by 6 percent in 2015 compared to 2014 |
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Global IC Market to Closely Track the Performance of Worldwide GDP Growth (2016.02.05)
IC Insights expects annual global IC market growth rates to closely track the performance of worldwide GDP growth. In the recently released The McClean Report 2016, IC Insights forecasts 2.7% global GDP growth for 2016, only marginally ahead of what is considered to be the recession threshold of 2 |
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TSMC’s Market Share to Reach 57% By Obtaining Approval to Go China (2016.02.04)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's government yesterday approved TSMC's China investment application, allowed the world’s largest IC foundry to set up a wholly owned 12-inch fab plant in Nanjing, China. By obtaining the approval,TSMC will push up its global market share from 55% to 57% |
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Samsung, Apple Continue to Lead as Top Global Semiconductor Customers in 2015 (2016.01.28)
Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top semiconductor buyers in 2015, representing 17.7 percent of the market, according to Gartner, Inc. Samsung Electronics and Apple together consumed $59.0 billion of semiconductors in 2015, an increase of $0 |
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IC Insights forecasted that 2016 IC Market to Grow 4%, IC Insights Says (2016.01.26)
IC Insights forecasted that 2016 IC market will grow 4%. As depicted, the most likely 2016 IC market scenario is for 2%-6% growth.
IC Insights noted, worldwide GDP is forecast to increase by 2.7% in 2016, 0.2 percentage points greater than the 2 |
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Taiwan's Share in the Global Foundry Industry Reached 74% in 2014 (2016.01.11)
Taiwan's share in the global pure-play foundry industry reached 74% in 2014, mainly due to the remarkable achievement made by Taiwan's TSMC whose share in the global foundry market grew from 55% in 2013 to 59% in 2014.
Meanwhile, driven by its production capacity for 28nm chips, UMC returned to the second spot with 11 |
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