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| HPC chip growth propels Samsung foundry sales |
1/31/2022 |
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Samsung Electronics has reported consolidated revenue climbed to a record high of KRW76.57 trillion (US$63.65 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2021, when its foundry business posted a new record for quarterly revenue.
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| Q4 profit up for SK hynix, |
1/31/2022 |
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Operating profit rose 340 percent to 4.21 trillion won, the highest since the fourth quarter of 2018. Sales jumped 55.4 percent to a quarterly record of 12.37 trillion won, marking the third consecutive quarter that the company logged more than 10 trillion won in sales.
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| STMicro's net revenue and income up 81% |
1/28/2022 |
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STMicroelectronics has reported net revenues of $3.56 billion for the fourth quarter of 2021, representing a year-over-year increase of 9.9%, and net income of $750 million.
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| Tsinghua Unigroup puts a pause on memory fab expansion |
1/28/2022 |
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Debt-stricken Tsinghua Unigroup will scrap plans to build two new large 3D NAND and DRAM fabs and reshuffle Unisoc as part of its restructuring plan. Both moves represent major setbacks for China's 'Made in China 2025' semiconductor self-reliance plan.
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| New car's multi-mode touch sensing to learn driver's habits |
1/27/2022 |
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UltraSense Systems has introduced the next generation of its TouchPoint multi-mode touch sensing solutions that the company claims brings neural processing to smart surfaces. The TouchPoint Edge system-on-chip (SoC) aims to replace a cluster of mechanical buttons under any surface material and, using an embedded always-on Neural Touch Engine, to discern intended touches from unintended false touches.
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| UMC reports 30.5% year-on-year (YoY) |
1/26/2022 |
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“In the fourth quarter, strong demand continued to drive full loading across our fabs, while overall wafer shipments grew 1.7% QoQ to 2.55 million 8-inch equivalents. For the full year, revenue in 2021 rose by more than 20% YoY and operating income reached a record high, driven by a surge in our 28nm business,”
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| President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass Semiconductor Bill |
1/25/2022 |
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"Let's get another historic piece of bipartisan legislation done," Biden said in remarks at the White House. "Let's do it for the sake of our economic competitiveness and our national security. Let's do it for the cities and towns all across America working to get their piece of the global economic package."
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| TSMC to build a new advanced packaging plant in Taiwan |
1/25/2022 |
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This will be TSMC's sixth advanced packaging plant, if constructed. The company now operates four advanced packaging fabs, located in Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP), and Longton in northern Taiwan, mainly engaged in bumping, advanced testing and backend 3D packaging.
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| Four new W-iFi building blocks are on the horizon |
1/24/2022 |
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According to Wi-Fi Alliance, the number of Wi-Fi devices in use will reach nearly 18 billion in 2022. The network of companies that manages the Wi-Fi design ecosystem also forecasts 4.4 billion devices to be shipped this year.
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| China is still generations behind in semiconductor technology |
1/21/2022 |
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"China is probably three or four generations behind what is considered leading edge,” Mario Morales, group vice president for enabling technologies and semiconductors at the International Data Corporation, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia.”
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| ASML recovered from a recent fire expects to grow 20% |
1/21/2022 |
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“We currently believe that we can manage the situation, and that we will not see a significant impact on our EUV output in the year 2022,” ASML CEO Peter Wennink said after the company announced its quarterly results this week. “We expect about 20 percent growth as compared to 2021.”
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