Wafer Fabrication / Foundry

One of CSPs Is Taking Lead in Extending Operational Lifespan of Servers, but Server Shipments Will Remain Robust in Future

Jun 16, 2022 | PDF

Global market intelligence firm TrendForce reports that with Environmental Social Governance (ESG) turning into a hot topic in the recent period...

Prices of NAND Flash Products Will Keep Falling to the End of 2022 as Market Shifts to Oversupply Ahead of Time

Jun 14, 2022 | PDF

Global market intelligence firm TrendForce reports that demand has been weakening for consumer electronics since the start of 2022, and excess inventory has remained an issue affecting all sections of...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20220613

Jun 13, 2022 | PDF

After TSMC’s announcement that it will raise prices across the board in 1Q23 due to the rising costs of raw materials...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20220530

May 30, 2022 | PDF

Rising global inflation has caused the cost of raw materials to rise sharply and capital expenditure on new plants and expansion plans has increased more than expected...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20220516

May 16, 2022 | PDF

Samsung's 1Q22 revenue fell 3.9% QoQ to US$53.28bn, primarily affected by the rapid cooling of demand for various terminal consumer products such as TVs and smartphones...

TrendForce Has Further Lowered Its Projection on Annual Smartphone Production to 1.333 Billion Units as Economic Fallout from China’s Dynamic Zero-COVID Policy Continues; Risk of Future Downward Corrections Remains High

May 05, 2022 | PDF

The Semiconductor Research Department of global market intelligence firm TrendForce reports that the COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruptions in the international logistics network during 2021...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20220503

May 03, 2022 | PDF

TSMC held its 1Q22 earnings call on April 14. In 1Q22, revenue grew by 11.6% QoQ to US$17.57bn and gross profit margin reached 55.6%...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20220418

Apr 18, 2022 | PDF

NVIDIA re-adopted a dual foundry strategy in 2020 for its Ampere micro-architecture, placing orders with both TSMC and Samsung simultaneously to ensure sufficient capacity...

Increase in Server DRAM Prices for 4Q22 Will Be Smaller as Delays in Uptake of New CPU Platforms in Hyperscale Market Has Led to Lower-Than-Expected DDR5 Penetration Rate

Apr 15, 2022 | PDF

The latest investigation of the server supply chain by global market intelligence firm TrendForce has found the followings...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20220406

Apr 06, 2022 | PDF

Regarding potential interruption of semiconductor raw material supply caused by the Ukrainian-Russian war, according to TrendForce research...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20220321

Mar 21, 2022 | PDF

Recently, the focus of Samsung foundry has been on the development and capacity expansion of advanced nodes below 7nm...

Latest Updates on Semiconductor Production after 7.3 Magnitude Earthquake at Coast of Fukushima, with Miyagi at 6 Magnitude, on the Night of March 16th

Mar 17, 2022 | PDF

As indicated by the semiconductor research department of global market intelligence firm TrendForce, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck at the coast of Fukushima during the night of March 16th 2022 at...

QoQ Growth in Total Revenue of Top 10 Foundries Was Slightly Smaller at 8.3% for 4Q21 Mainly Due to Combination of ASP Hike and Limited Capacity Growth

Mar 09, 2022 | PDF

Global market intelligence firm TrendForce reports that growth is gradually tapering off for the demand generated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the stay-at-home economy...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20220307

Mar 07, 2022 | PDF

Regarding the developmental progress of TSMC’s 3nm node, technical R&D and trial production on the 3nm node is primarily being conducted at TSMC’s Hsinchu R&D Center...

As DRAM Industry Transitions to DDR5, Prices of DDR3 Solutions Will Be Prone to Hikes and Resistant to Drops Due to Rapidly Shrinking Supply

Mar 01, 2022 | PDF

Global market intelligence firm TrendForce reports that Intel and AMD will be releasing new CPUs that support DDR5 DRAM solutions for PCs and servers this year...