Wafer Fabrication / Foundry

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...

Lockdown in Xi’an Is Gradually Being Lifted, but the Event Has Affected Price Negotiations for NAND Flash Products and Slightly Moderated the Downtrend

The latest coverage of the lockdown in Xi’an by global market intelligence TrendForce finds that the daily number of new COVID-19 cases in the Xi’an metropolitan area has dropped noticeably...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20220110

Samsung is expected to release a new flagship mobile phone, the Samsung Galaxy S22 in 1Q22. In addition to utilizing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8Gen1 (SM8450) smartphone chipset (AP)...

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Fire at ASML’s Plant on Jan. 3 Could Affect Supply of Optical Components for Photolithography Systems; Further Observations Needed to Gauge Impact of This Event

A fire broke out in a section of ASML’s manufacturing plant in the German city of Berlin on January 3, 2022...

Fire at ASML’s Plant on Jan. 3 Could Affect Supply of Optical Components for Photolithography Systems; Further Observations Needed to Gauge Impact of This Event

A fire broke out in a section of ASML’s manufacturing plant in the German city of Berlin on January 3, 2022...