The world’s leading contract chip maker Taiwan based TSMC has started building a second fab in Arizona, investing $40 billion collectively for the two facilities and beefing up the US domestic semiconductor sector.
A new raft of US export restrictions aimed at hobbling the Chinese tech sector seem likely to make things more difficult for everyone.
Taiwanese chip maker MediaTek will begin manufacturing chips using Intel Foundry Services, which it says will help it ‘build a more balanced, resilient supply chain.’
A report by the US Department of Commerce warns the global chip shortage isn’t going away anytime soon, so the US needs to ramp up its domestic production.
The global semiconductor supply crunch is showing no sign of abating with reports that Apple is having to cut its iPhone orders by 10 million.
China’s biggest chipmaker will be part of a joint investment of $8.87 billion to build a new fab facility in Shanghai to reduce the country’s reliance on overseas foundries.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) plans to increase the price of chips in the coming months, according to a media report.
Once dominant chip maker Intel shared its R&D and foundry roadmaps for the next four years, during which it plans to regain the global leader position, and unveiled two marquee customers in AWS and Qualcomm.
Taiwanese chip manufacturing giant TSMC revealed it remains on track to start making cutting edge chips in Arizona by 2024.
A common theme in analyst calls this earnings season has been cautious pessimism about the knock-on effects of the global chip shortage.
Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC reckons semiconductor demand is only going to increase in the coming year and it’s determined to meet it.
Qualcomm recently conceded a general shortage of supply across the entire semiconductor industry as a V-shaped recovery and possible hoarding by Huawei increased demand.
SMIC has been formally added to the Entity List by the US Commerce Department, hitting the Chinese chipmaker’s access to American technology and equipment.
At a recent conference the head of Huawei’s consumer unit revealed that supplies of its smartphone processors have dried up.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported year-on-year revenue growth of 28% while also confirming it will no longer supply chips to Huawei after September 14.
The world’s biggest contract chip manufacturer thinks it wouldn’t be a problem to replace Huawei as a customer.
The US move to impose a ban on any US tech being used in the production of Huawei chips has sent shockwaves through the semiconductor industry.
The mobile industry’s default semiconductor manufacturer is building its next fab in the US, a move that could have major geopolitical implications.
As global commercial Balkanisation ramps, countries are seeking to make themselves as self-sufficient as possible.
UK mobile chip designer ARM has acquired Apical, another UK company that specialises in designing embedded video processors, to enhance its image processing capability.
