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M31 Won TSMC’s 2019 Partner of the Year Award for Specialty Process IP (2019.10.02)
HISNCHU, Taiwan – M31 Technology today announced that M31 Technology received “TSMC’s 2019 Partner of the Year Award for Specialty Process IP” at TSMC 2019 Open Innovation Platform Ecosystem Forum in Santa Clara, California |
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TSMC’s Leading-Edge Fab Investments Set Stage for Sale Surge in 2H19 (2019.09.30)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s heavy investments in advanced wafer-fab technology are set to pay off significantly for the world’s largest silicon foundry as it continues the production ramp of 7nm ICs in the second half of this year, according to an analysis in IC Insights’ September Update to the 2019 McClean Report |
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Faraday’s SoC Projects Doubled for Three Consecutive Years (2019.09.18)
HSINCHU, Taiwan - Faraday Technology today announced the number of its SoC design service projects has doubled for three consecutive years. These projects are mainly on 28nm and 40nm nodes featuring lower business entry barrier and competitive production cost compared with the advance processes |
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Rankings for the Top Ten in Packaging and Testing 1Q19 (2019.05.22)
According to the newest statistics from TrendForce , judging from the falling phone sales 1Q19 impacted by the US-China trade dispute and the oversupply situation in memory markets, the total revenue of the top ten businesses in packaging and testing are predicted to stand at US$4 |
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After 2Q19 Bottom, Expectations Increase for a 3Q19 IC Market Rebound (2019.05.22)
Over its 60-year history, the IC industry is well known for its cyclical behavior. Looking back to the mid-1970s, IC Insights cannot identify a period where the IC market declined for more than three quarters in a row. Assuming the 2Q19 IC market registers a slight decline of 1% as compared to 1Q19, the 4Q18-2Q19 timeperiod would mark the sixth three-quarter IC market drop on record |
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TSMC Passes NT$121.17 Billion Budget to Upgrade Advanced Process Capacity (2019.05.15)
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited together with the Board of Directors yesterday passed an NT$121.17 billion capital budget, and in addition to upgrading their advanced manufacturing process capacity, the budget will also be used to convert a portion of their logic process capacity into specialized process capacity |
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Power Transistors to Hit Another Sales Record (2019.05.15)
Double-digit percentage sales growth in power transistors strengthened last year, climbing 14% in 2018 to reach an all-time high of $16.3 billion after setting the previous record in 2017 with an 11% increase, says IC Insights |
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TI Widens Its Lead As World’s Top Analog IC Supplier (2019.05.10)
The 10 largest suppliers of analog ICs accounted for 60% of worldwide analog sales last year, or $36.1 billion, compared to nearly 61% in 2017, or about $33.0 billion, according to IC Insights’ 2018 rankings of leading semiconductor companies |
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Global Semiconductor Market to Grow on Rise in AI Consumer Applications: MIC (2019.05.09)
Taipei-based, government-backed research institute MIC (Market Intelligence& Consulting Institute) hosts a three-day forum from May 7-9 at Taipei, Taiwan, with 24 topical sessions to share our latest findings in the development trends and opportunities of AI, 5G, and DX (Digital Transformation) from both industry and research perspectives |
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Q1 2019 Taiwan IC Revenue Totaled NT$564.3 Billion, 17.9% Declines On-quarter (2019.05.08)
The TSIA survey showed that Q1 2019 Taiwan IC revenue as a whole (including design, manufacturing, packaging and testing) totaled NT$564.3 billion(US$18.7B) (17.9% decline on-quarter and down 6.4% on-year).
Separately, with NT$147 |
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Memory Sales Continue to Strongly Impact Total IC Market (2019.04.26)
IC Insights noted that the total memory market heavily influenced total IC market growth for the positive during the past two years but will likely have a very negative impact on total IC market growth in 2019.
The DRAM and NAND flash markets continue to closely follow the original IC industry cycle model whereby the market cycles are primarily driven by fluctuations in capital spending and capacity |
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M31 Develops SRAM Compiler IP on TSMC’s 28nm Embedded Flash Process Technology (2019.04.17)
HSINCHU, Taiwan - M31 Technology today announces that it will develop SRAM Compiler IP on TSMC's 28nm Embedded Flash process technology. These IP solutions will help designers to improve their SoC designs on power and performance for mobile, power management, IoT, and automotive electronics applications |
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TSMC Unveils 6-nm Process with Direct Migration from N7-based Designs (2019.04.16)
HSINCHU, Taiwan –TSMC today announced its 6-nanometer (N6) process, which provides a significant enhancement of its industry-leading N7 technology and offers customers a highly competitive performance-to-cost advantage as well as fast time-to-market with direct migration from N7-based designs |
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Samsung Successfully Completes 5nm EUV Development (2019.04.16)
Samsung Electronics today announced that its 5-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology is complete in its development and is now ready for customers’ samples. By adding another cutting-edge node to its extreme ultraviolet (EUV)-based process offerings, Samsung is proving once again its leadership in the advanced foundry market |
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2018 Global Semiconductor Equipment Sales Jump to Record $64.5 Billion (2019.04.11)
Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment surged 14 percent from $56.62 billion in 2017 to an all-time high of $64.5 billion in 2018, SEMI, the industry association representing the worldwide electronics product design and manufacturing supply chain, reported today |
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Sony Easily Maintains Its Top Ranking in the Diverse O-S-D Market (2019.04.11)
IC Insights noted that only four of the top-10 companies sell products in all three O-S-D market segments. The 10 largest suppliers in the ranking accounted for 39% of combined worldwide O-S-D revenues in 2018, which is the same percentage as in 2017 (in contrast, the top-10 IC suppliers held a 70% share of the total IC market in 2018) |
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Vishay Intertechnology Launches Industry's First AEC-Q200 Qualified Ceramic Disc Capacitors (2019.03.26)
Vishay Intertechnology introduced a new series of Automotive Grade AC line rated ceramic disc safety capacitors that are the industry's first such devices to offer AEC-Q200 qualification for Class X1 (760 VAC) / Y1 (500 VAC) applications in accordance with IEC 60384-14 |
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Taiwan Intellectual Property Court Finds Gudeng Precision Infringes Entegris' Reticle Pod Patent (2019.03.25)
Entegris received an oral judgement on March 22, from the Taiwan Intellectual Property Court finding that Gudeng Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. infringes Entegris’ Taiwan Patent No. I-317967. The judgement against Gudeng awarded Entegris NT$978,869,835 (US $32 |
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TSMC Expected to Reach 48.1% Market Share, Says TrendForce (2019.03.19)
According to TrendForce's newest research report, development momentum of advanced production processes has been dropping due to weakening demand in most end markets, including smartphones. Foundries face a severe challenge in 1Q19, and global foundry production revenue for the first quarter is expected to decline by around 16% compared to the same quarter 2018, arriving at 14 |
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TSIA Q4 2018 and Year 2018 Statistics on Taiwan IC Industry (2019.02.25)
The TSIA survey showed that Q4 2018 Taiwan IC revenue as a whole (including design, manufacturing, packaging and testing) totaled NT$687.0 billion(US$22.7B) (down 0.7% on-quarter and 1.7% increase on-year).
Separately, with NT$164 |
