According to a report from Economic Daily News, the U.S. is reportedly preparing to tighten chip export controls on China. Before the end of President Biden's term, and potentially as early as the 10th, the U.S. may announce stricter export restrictions on AI and advanced chips to China. Furthermore...

As TSMC keeps advancing in the most cutting-edge nodes, its foundry peers in Taiwan may have to deal with multiple challenges. In addition to the price war launched by their Chinese rivals, Taiwanese foundries focusing on legacy nodes, including UMC and TSMC’s affiliate VIS, will face significantl...

While Taiwanese foundries are reportedly facing price pressure in mature nodes and are said to be offering discounts, TSMC is also rumored to mull about offering discounts to its customers on mature nodes, particular for 7nm and 14nm, a report by Commercial Times indicates. Sources cited by the r...

Contract chip manufacturer United Microelectronics Corp has partnered with Intel to develop a 12-nanometer technology platform and will commence production at three Intel facilities in Arizona, USA. According to a report by Nikkei, mass production for chips destined for communication and other appli...

Despite the U.S. sanction on the semiconductor industry in China, China is still positively looking for further development. Following our discussion on the shifts of Chinese wafer fabs in the previous article (China’s Wafer Fabs Hits 44 with Future Expansion 32, Mainly Targeting on The Mature P...