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TSMC Profits From Surging Market Demand for Chips in Auto Application
Oct 9, 2017Market insiders noted that TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.), the world's largest semiconductor foundry headquartered in Taiwan, will see a strong revenue performance as the firm won massive orders from multinational ...
Tags: TSMC, semiconductor
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Compound Semiconductor Market to Grow at 11.24% CAGR From $40.452bn in 2017 to $68.915bn by 2022
Aug 8, 2017The compound semiconductor market will rise at a CAGR of 11.24% from $40.452bn in 2017 to $68.915bn by 2022, driven by next-generation 5G technologies requiring greater speed and minimum latency, according to a report from Knowledge ...
Tags: LEDs, consumer electronics
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Prices of 12-Inch Blank Wafers to Rise 10-20%
Dec 9, 2016Chipmakers including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Micron Technology have been informed by their upstream suppliers that prices for 12-inch blank silicon wafers will rise by up to 20% ...
Tags: Blank Wafers, Semiconductor
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Dialog Enters GaN Market with Integrated Devices Targeting Fast-Charging Power Adapters
Aug 30, 2016Dialog Semiconductor plc of London, UK, a fabless provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, solid-state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth low-energy technology, has announced its first gallium nitride (GaN) power IC ...
Tags: GaN, Dialog Semiconductor plc, SSL
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Challenges Facing iPhone Suppliers
Jan 14, 2016Taiwan-based makers in the iPhone supply chain must have been aware that sales of iPhone 6s and 6s Plus have gradually lost their momentum, meaning Apple's orders for iPhones and related parts and components are going to decline in the ...
Tags: iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
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New TSMC Fab to Target Orders for Driver ICs
Dec 13, 2015Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) planned 12-inch wafer fab in China could be vying for 16nm chip orders from China's local IC design houses specializing in the development of LCD driver ICs, touchscreen controllers, TDDI ...
Tags: IC industry, LCD driver
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GaN Systems Announces 10x Production Increase at TSMC
Dec 2, 2015GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless developer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications, says that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TMSC, the ...
Tags: GaN Systems, E-mode GaN FETs, TSMC
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China Foundry Houses Focusing on FD-SOI Process
Nov 2, 2015Wafer foundry houses in China have stepped up efforts to develop Fully Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator (FD-SOI), or also called Ultra-Thin Body (UTB), processes for wafer production, compared to the Fin Field-Effect Transistor (FinFET) ...
Tags: Insulator, Semiconductor, high density chips
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China IC Foundries Gearing up for MEMS Market Boom
Sep 16, 2015IC foundries based in China and Taiwan are all gearing up for rapid demand growth for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices driven by a new wave of expansion for the Internet of Things (IoT), according to industry observers. The ...
Tags: MEMS sensors, MEMS products
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TSMC Terminating CIGS PV Manufacturing
Aug 27, 2015The world's biggest silicon wafer foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Inc (TSMC) says that its subsidiary TSMC Solar Ltd - which was founded in 2009 to make copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) photovoltaic modules - will cease ...
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LED Components Market in Japan to Grow at Cagr of 9.3% to 2019
Aug 21, 2015The LED components market in Japan is rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3% during 2014-2019, according to the report 'LED Components Market in Japan 2015-2019' from market research firm Technavio. The Asia-Pacific region ...
Tags: LED market, Lighting market
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Taiwan Cabinet Plans to Roll out The Taiwanese Version of "Industry 4.0 Plan"
May 29, 2015The Taiwan Cabinet plans to roll out the Taiwanese version of “Industry 4.0 Plan” this June just shortly after such plan had been publicized on TV to be part of China's official program, with the aim to help the island's ...
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Utilization Rates at 8-Inch Fabs Falling
May 8, 2015Capacity utilization rates at 8-inch wafer fabs have fallen at a faster-than-expected pace recently prompting foundry houses to lower their quotes, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses. LCD driver IC suppliers have cut ...
Tags: LCD Driver, Analog ICs
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TSMC Launches New TS-CIGS Series Model C2 HV Module
May 4, 2015TSMC Solar Ltd, which was founded in 2009 as a subsidiary of the world's biggest silicon wafer foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Inc (TSMC), says that its latest commercial-sized (1.09m2) copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) ...
Tags: silicon wafer, PV Module
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Epistar and Tsmc Approved a Sale of Tsmc Solid State Lighting Shares
Jan 13, 2015Epistar Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC ) held Board of Directors’ meetings today and approved a sale of TSMC Solid State Lighting (TSMC SSL) shares. Epistar will acquire all shares of TSMC SSL held by TSMC and ...