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Intel and UMC Join Forces to Enter the Market for FinFET Wafer Foundry Services, Thus Deepening US-Taiwan Collaborations in Semiconductors

2024/01/25

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The Semiconductor Research Department of the global market intelligence firm TrendForce reports that Intel and UMC officially announced their cooperation agreement on January 25th...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20240122

2024/01/22

Wafer Foundries

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In terms of capacity changes for 2024, Samsung Foundry is focusing on advanced nodes of 5nm and below for expansions this year, which are however constrained due to...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20240108

2024/01/08

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An observation on the changes to TSMC’s capacity utilization for 7/6nm nodes indicates that the transition of mainstream smartphone APs and HPC chips to 5/4nm has left the former with merely partial 4G and mid-to-low 5G smartphone APs...

Due to Strong Earthquake in Japan’s Noto Region of Ishikawa Prefecture on New Year’s Day

2024/01/02

MLCC , Wafer Foundries

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Global market intelligence firm TrendForce reports that a series of earthquakes with an intensity scale of 5 or higher struck the Noto region of Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20231225

2023/12/25

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Samsung Foundry is likely to implement price reduction measures during 1Q24 in the hope of either stimulating or ensuring wafer orders from its clients...

Geopolitics Drives Restructuring of Foundry Industry Ecosystem, but Risk of Supply-Demand Imbalance in Supply Chain Raises Concerns of Foundries Facing Significant Operational Pressure

2023/12/11

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Global market intelligence firm TrendForce reports that supply chains have been noticeably affected by a series of geopolitical events, trade disputes, and disasters over the past several years...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20231211

2023/12/11

Wafer Foundries

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Recent market rumors are pointing to TSMC’s price reduction for some of its nodes in 2024. TrendForce’s survey indicates that the Taiwanese foundry...

Top 10 Global Foundries Up by QoQ 7.9% in Market Value from Surging Urgent Orders of Consumer Supply Chain

2023/11/28

Wafer Foundries

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As indicated by the survey of global market intelligence firm TrendForce, overall sales of the end sector have been low in visibility this year due to general economic risks...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20231127

2023/11/27

Wafer Foundries

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Samsung Foundry has been troubled by the deprived capacity utilization for its advanced nodes after the successive transferals of flagship orders by major clients such as Qualcomm and NVIDIA since 2022...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20231113

2023/11/13

Wafer Foundries

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As TrendForce mentioned from its Foundry Market Bulletin on October 16th, TSMC has turned conservative in 3nm expansion for 2024 by merely enlarging to 90-100Kwspm that...

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