Wafer Fabrication / Foundry

Foundry Market Bulletin_20220321

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

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

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

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

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...

Global Mobile DRAM Revenue Fell by Nearly 7% QoQ for 4Q21 Due to Declining Prices for Quarterly Contracts

According to TrendForce’s latest analysis of the mobile DRAM market, the significant downward corrections that the Chinese smartphone brands had made to their annual device production targets continue...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20220221

In response to recent market rumors indicating that Samsung is affected by equipment delays and 4nm capacity expansion has not shaped up as expected...

Armed Conflict over Ukraine Could Impact Supply of Gases Used in Semiconductor Manufacturing and Thereby Ratchet Up Chip Production Costs

News agencies around the world are reporting that Russia has recently deployed around 100,000 troops near its border with Ukraine and is now conducting military exercises in Belarus...

Armed Conflict over Ukraine Could Impact Supply of Gases Used in Semiconductor Manufacturing and Thereby Ratchet Up Chip Production Costs

News agencies around the world are reporting that Russia has recently deployed around 100,000 troops near its border with Ukraine and is now conducting military exercises in Belarus...

Armed Conflict over Ukraine Could Impact Supply of Gases Used in Semiconductor Manufacturing and Thereby Ratchet Up Chip Production Costs

Armed Conflict over Ukraine Could Impact Supply of Gases Used in Semiconductor Manufacturing and Thereby Ratchet Up Chip Production Costs

News agencies around the world are reporting that Russia has recently deployed around 100,000 troops near its border with Ukraine and is now conducting military exercises in Belarus...

Armed Conflict over Ukraine Could Impact Supply of Gases Used in Semiconductor Manufacturing and Thereby Ratchet Up Chip Production Costs

News agencies around the world are reporting that Russia has recently deployed around 100,000 troops near its border with Ukraine and is now conducting military exercises in Belarus...

Decline in Both Shipments and Quotes Caused Global DRAM Revenue to Drop by Around 6% QoQ for 4Q21

Global market intelligence firm TrendForce reports that in 4Q21, manufacturers for end products continued to be affected by the component mismatch problem that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the...

Material Contamination at NAND Flash Production Lines of WDC-Kioxia Alliance, Vol. 2

Continuing from Vol. 1 published by TrendForce yesterday (February 9th), WDC and Kioxia had released a report on the same day pointing out that the NAND Flash production lines from the joint ventures...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20220124

TSMC held a 4Q21 earnings results conference on 1/13. Driven by better-than-expected 5nm demand, both revenue and gross profit margin in the quarter exceeded expectations...