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Foundry Revenue for 2Q21 Reaches Historical High Once Again with 6% QoQ Growth Thanks to Increased ASP and Persistent Demand

2021/08/27

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TrendForce’s latest investigations find that the panic buying of chips persisted in 2Q21 owing to factors such as post-pandemic demand, industry-wide shift to 5G telecom technology, geopolitical tensions, and chronic chip shortages...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210823

2021/08/23

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TrendForce’s latest findings verify that Intel is currently outsourcing the production of certain chips to...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210809

2021/08/09

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Samsung continues to expand the wafer capacity of Line S5, which is the foundry production line of its Pyeongtaek-based P2L fab and accounts for 25% of P2L’s total production capacity...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210726

2021/07/26

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Following up on the latest developments of TSMC’s fab construction in Japan as reported in the July 9 Special Report, TrendForce’s latest investigations indicate that...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210712

2021/07/12

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Regarding Samsung’s fab construction plans, the company is currently intending to build a new fab dedicated to advanced process technologies next to its Line S2 fab in Austin...

Japan Becomes New Frontline Base in Packaging and Material R&D for TSMC’s Global Strategic Deployment

2021/07/09

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According to global market intelligence firm TrendForce, TSMC, nine months after announcing the fab expansion in the US during May 2020, had once again announced in February 2021...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210628

2021/06/28

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Regarding rumors of TSMC constructing wafer fabs in Japan, TrendForce’s investigations indicate that no parties in TSMC’s supply chain, including upstream equipment/parts/consumables and silicon wafer suppliers...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210615

2021/06/15

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Regarding advanced nodes, Samsung’s production capacity for the 7nm node is currently about...

Cluster Infection at KYEC May Impact Smartphone Chipset Supply

2021/06/07

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As indicated by the survey of global market intelligence firm TrendForce, the recent cluster infection of coronavirus at the Zhunan fab of global backend testing leader KYEC in Miaoli continues to enlarge...

Cluster Infection at KYEC May Impact Smartphone Chipset Supply

2021/06/07

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As indicated by the survey of global market intelligence firm TrendForce, the recent cluster infection of coronavirus at the Zhunan fab of global backend testing leader KYEC in Miaoli continues to enlarge...