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| TSMC to build new plant south side of the Taiwan Island |
9/15/2021 |
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The TSMC facility is expected to produce 7-nm and 6-nm chips, which are currently used for mobile, computing, and graphics processors for AMD, Nvidia, and MediaTek. Construction could start as soon as next year, although the facility will not be up and running until 2023 or 2024.
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| Global semiconductor equipment market to reach $100 billion |
9/15/2021 |
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Powered by digital transformation and other secular technology trends, global semiconductor equipment investments for front end fabs in 2022 are expected to reach nearly $100 billion to meet soaring demand for electronics after topping a projected $90 billion this year, both new records.
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| Synopsys has new president and COO |
9/15/2021 |
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Synopsys Inc. has appointed Sassine Ghazi as president and chief operating officer, effective November 1, 2021. Chi-Foon Chan will transition from his co-CEO position over the first half of fiscal 2022, after which he will continue to support the company’s long-term success in a new role.
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| Chinese computer manufacturer, Ramaxel, selects Onsemi as chipset partner |
9/14/2021 |
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“As an emerging leader in the fast-growing cloud market, we must have confidence in our suppliers. onsemi has become a strategic partner for us due to their superior quality, innovation, efficiency, technical support and supply capabilities that enabled us to streamline our development process and prepare for high volume production,”
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| Q3 outlook robust for Semiconductor Industry |
9/14/2021 |
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Also, the big three memory IC suppliers—Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron—are each expected to post a 10% increase and Kioxia is anticipated to show an 11% jump in 3Q21 sales as demand remains strong for memory in data center servers, enterprise computing, and for 5G smartphones and related infrastructure.
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| TSMC to raise 1 billion dollar bond for expansion |
9/14/2021 |
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A TSMC board meeting held on Friday saw the greenlight given to the bond sale after the chipmaker announced in August that it would sell US$1 billion worth of bonds on Taiwan's international bond section of the over-the-counter (OTC) market.
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| New available bendable RAM for flexible processor systems |
9/13/2021 |
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Researchers at Stanford University report developing a flexible phase-change memory device, which doesn't need power in its state. While other memory chips have been made flexible, there was still a power issue in operating the memories.
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| TSMC August hit $4.9 billion |
9/13/2021 |
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TSMC has announced consolidated revenue of NT$137.43 billion (US$4.97 billion) for August 2021, up 10.3% sequentially and 11.8% on year.
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| Canon buys Canadian chip company |
9/13/2021 |
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Redlen is set to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canon and the deal is part of a broader plan to expand into the medical business.
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| EU to decide on Nvidia/ARM merger on Oct. 13 |
9/10/2021 |
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The world's biggest maker of graphics and AI chips announced the deal last year, triggering concerns in the semiconductor industry over whether Arm could remain a neutral player licensing key intellectual property to customers and rivals.
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| Qualcomm wants to work with foundries in Europe |
9/10/2021 |
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To tackle a chip shortage that has hit Europe's carmakers and exposed its dependence on Asia, the EU is pushing for multibillion-dollar investments to double the continent's share of global chip production over the next decade.
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| Korean suppliers see high demand on memory chips |
9/9/2021 |
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Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are optimistic about their business performances for the second half of 2021 thanks to strong memory demand for mobile devices and servers, according to Digitimes Research.
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| MediaTek to add 2,000 jobs to it's work force |
9/9/2021 |
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The company aims to hire over 2,000 new employees through a recruitment campaign targeting soon-to-be-graduates this year, a three-fold increase from previous years as it expects sales to grow in 2022.
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| Samsung is to decide on their foundry plant soon |
9/8/2021 |
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According to news reports and industry sources on Monday, Samsung will soon make its decision on the location of a $17 billion chip plant in the US. Along with Austin, the state capital of Texas, Taylor in Williamson County, Texas, has recently risen as a possible candidate according to public documents.
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| In the global chip shortage substrate suppliers plays important role |
9/8/2021 |
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Some industry specialists said they could remain in short supply for years. That has made sourcing the products a priority for chip companies including Intel Corp., Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and given new clout to the unheralded companies that specialize in making them.
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| Most Big Techs are to design their own custom chips |
9/8/2021 |
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Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Tesla and Baidu are all shunning established chip firms and bringing certain aspects of chip development in-house, according to company announcements and media reports. “Increasingly, these companies want custom-made chips fitting their applications’ specific requirements rather than use the same generic chips as their competitors,” Syed Alam, global semiconductor lead at Accenture
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| Chips to account for 20% of BOM on your vehicle by 2030 |
9/8/2021 |
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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger predicted that semiconductors will account for more than 20% of the total premium vehicle bill of materials (BOM) by 2030. That represents a staggering 5x growth rate over 2019’s 4% figure. This comes amid increasing demand for semiconductors generally.
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