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Blackouts in Texas Caused by Winter Storm Affects Samsung’s Line S2 That Comprises Nearly 5% of Global Foundry Capacity

2021/02/18

NAND Flash , Wafer Foundries

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The entire state of Texas has been hit hard by a rare winter storm as an arctic air mass moves into the southern part of the US...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210208

2021/02/08

Wafer Foundries

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During its earnings conference on Jan 14, TSMC revealed that it expects to raise its CapEx to...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210125

2021/01/25

Wafer Foundries

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The Samsung Exynos 2100 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 were recently unveiled. Both of these processors are manufactured with Samsung’s 5nm process technology...

Final Piece of the Puzzle Obtained; Intel Expected to Place Official CPU Orders from TSMC This Year

2021/01/12

Wafer Foundries

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As indicated by the Semiconductor Research Department under the global market intelligence firm TrendForce...

Abnormal Power Outage at UMC Lixing Factory has Induced Large Voltage Drop Evaluated to Derive Minor Impact

2021/01/11

Wafer Foundries

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As indicated by the global market intelligence firm TrendForce, the abnormal power outage of the GIS equipment at the Lixing fab of UMC has resulted in a voltage drop in the surrounding factories of the area...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210111

2021/01/11

Wafer Foundries

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With regards to the recent market news of TSMC’s plan to build an advanced packaging fab in Japan, TrendForce indicates that the foundry’s attempt will depend on...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20201228

2020/12/28

Wafer Foundries

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Recently, the market circulated rumors that Samsung will build a new EUV fab in Austin, Texas, which houses about...

Foundry Revenue to Reach a New High in 2021 as Production Capacity Tightens During Post-Pandemic Era and 5G Transition

2020/12/25

Wafer Foundries

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According to the Semiconductor Research Department of TrendForce, a retrospect on 2020 reveals that even though numerous industries had sustained a substantial impact from the global COVID-19 pandemic...

Global Smartphone Production for 2021 Is Forecasted to Grow by 9%; COVID-19 Remains Central Variable in Projection

2020/12/23

DRAM , Wafer Foundries , Smartphones

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TrendForce in its review of the performance of the global smartphone market during 2020 finds that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on device production...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20201214

2020/12/14

Wafer Foundries

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3nm Process: Phase 4 to phase 6 of construction for TSMC’s Tainan-based Fab 18 is now underway...