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| TSMC boosted auto chip production by 60% in a year |
5/24/2021 |
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TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, said it had taken “unprecedented actions” to help automakers. That includes reallocating capacity to other industries that are also experiencing “stressfully high demand due to the acceleration of digital transformation”.
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| L&T Technology develope automobile self-parking technology in co-operation with Intel |
5/21/2021 |
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Designed for a cloud-enabled world, the solution has four key components: an operator portal that hosts user information; a mobile application for end-user interface; a digital signage module to ensure safe and secured access; and a digital camera—all connected by the AWS cloud platform. This architecture helps end users easily locate available parking spaces in outdoor parking lots.
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| Out of the present 8in wafer shortage, shifting to 12in make sense |
5/19/2021 |
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“8-inch wafer capacity is in short supply to unimaginable levels. Wafer production capacity is so tight that customers’ demand for production capacity has reached a panic level.” And that from mid 2021 “to the second half of 2022, the logic and DRAM markets will be out of stock.”
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| Samsung consider to build $17 billion plant in Austin |
5/19/2021 |
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Samsung, the world’s largest memory chip producer and No. 2 foundry firm, has been mulling building a US$17 billion foundry factory in the U.S., with Texas, Arizona and New York mentioned as possible candidate sites.
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| SK hynix is considering a takeover of Key Foundry fab in China |
5/19/2021 |
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SK hynix currently controls 49.8 percent of the company via a private equity fund set up by Magnus PEF. The rest – a 50 percent stake plus one share-- is held by the fund’s another investor, MG Community Credit Cooperatives. SK hynix has spent 207 billion won ($183 million) for that investment in March last year.
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| AMD to bring out a budget RDNA 2-powered GPU |
5/18/2021 |
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The expectation, as Tom’s Hardware, which spotted this development, observes, is that ‘Beige Goby’ will be the engine of the budget-level graphics cards below the RX 6600, so that could mean RX 6500 or 6400 products.
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| Chip shortage hits Huawei 5G smartphone production |
5/18/2021 |
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Huawei's latest P40, P40 Pro, Mate 30 and Mate 40 5G smartphones are still unavailable at its authorized stores, on its official website, as well as the third-party sales channels, due to supply chain disruptions.
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| COVID-19 cases rise in Taiwan to affect Semiconductor Industry |
5/18/2021 |
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TSMC and other Taiwan-based foundries remain diligent in their respective precautionary measures internally against COVID-19, amid concerns over a spike in confirmed cases in Taiwan. Nevertheless, potential coronavirus-induced lockdowns in Taipei and other cities may pose a threat to the local chipmaking industry supply chain, according to industry sources.
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| Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is expected to grow 18.1 percent annually |
5/17/2021 |
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The sector logged NT$904.7 billion (US$32.3 billion) in its output value in the first quarter, representing 2.6 percent quarterly growth. Integrated circuits (IC) testing, IC design, IC manufacturing, and IC packaging reported 5.7 percent, 5.3 percent, 1.4 percent, and 0.4 percent quarterly growth, respectively.
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| Kioxia to expand R&D centers in Kanagawa Prefecture |
5/17/2021 |
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The expansion of the Yokohama technology facility will nearly double the size of a six-story building of about 40,000 square meters, while the 4-story Shin-Koyasu advanced research center will come with a total area of ??about 13,000 square meters, Kioxia indicated.
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| China is trying to perfect yields at 28nm |
5/13/2021 |
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"China urgently needs to move toward mid-to-high end chip production and being able to produce 28 nm chips means that it can meet most of the demand for chips without relying on other countries,"
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| Korean Industry executives to meet with Biden at next week's Korean-U.S. Leadership Summit |
5/13/2021 |
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Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Kim Ki-nam, who is in charge of managing Samsung's semiconductor business, is considering visiting the U.S., while SK Bioscience chief Ahn Jae-yong is scheduled to join the trip. LG Energy Solution (LGES) CEO Kim Jong-hyun will also fly to Washington. But Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun will not join the business delegation, according to officials and sources.
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