Monthly Archives: January 2024

[News] Intense Competition with Samsung and Intel in Advanced Processes; TSMC Speeds Up 2nm Progress

Posted on 2024-01-17 by TrendForce

The global foundry advanced process battle is reigniting, as reported by the Commercial Times. TSMC’s 2-nanometer process at the Baoshan P1 wafer fab in Hsinchu is set to commence equipment installation as early as April, incorporating a new Gate-All-Around (GAA) …

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[News] Global Semiconductor Race: South Korea Announces $471 Billion Investment in Massive Semiconductor Cluster

Posted on 2024-01-17 by TrendForce

Countries around the world are leaving no stone unturned in their pursuit of semiconductor development, and South Korea is no exception. South Korea has just unveiled an ambitious plan to invest a staggering 622 trillion Korean won (approximately $471 billion …

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[News] Chinese Manufacturers’ Price Hikes: Signs of Power Semiconductor Industry Reversal?

Posted on 2024-01-17 by TrendForce

From December 2023 to January this year, media reports revealed that five Chinese domestic power semiconductor manufacturers, including JJMicroelectronics, Sanlian Sheng, Sicilian Blue Color Electronics, Genesis Microelectronics, and Shenwei Semiconductor, have successively issued price adjustment notices to raise prices for …

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[News] Taiwan’s Chip Act Takes Effect in February, TSMC to Benefit from Historic Tax Incentives

Posted on 2024-01-16 by TrendForce

According to a report by TechNews, Taiwan has introduced its largest-ever investment deduction incentives under the “Statute for Industrial Innovation,” often referred to as the “Taiwanese Chip Act.” Articles 10-2 and 72 of the statute came into effect, and the …

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[News] Increasing HBM Capacity to Sustain Market Share, SK Hynix Rumored to Upgrade Wuxi Plant

Posted on 2024-01-16 by TrendForce

In response to the recovery in the memory market and the increasing demand for High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) driven by AI chips, South Korean memory giant SK Hynix is reportedly planning to upgrade part of its DRAM production equipment at …

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