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Foundry Market Bulletin_20210712

2021/07/12

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Regarding Samsung’s fab construction plans, the company is currently intending to build a new fab dedicated to advanced process technologies next to its Line S2 fab in Austin...

Japan Becomes New Frontline Base in Packaging and Material R&D for TSMC’s Global Strategic Deployment

2021/07/09

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According to global market intelligence firm TrendForce, TSMC, nine months after announcing the fab expansion in the US during May 2020, had once again announced in February 2021...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210628

2021/06/28

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Regarding rumors of TSMC constructing wafer fabs in Japan, TrendForce’s investigations indicate that no parties in TSMC’s supply chain, including upstream equipment/parts/consumables and silicon wafer suppliers...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210615

2021/06/15

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Regarding advanced nodes, Samsung’s production capacity for the 7nm node is currently about...

Cluster Infection at KYEC May Impact Smartphone Chipset Supply

2021/06/07

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As indicated by the survey of global market intelligence firm TrendForce, the recent cluster infection of coronavirus at the Zhunan fab of global backend testing leader KYEC in Miaoli continues to enlarge...

Cluster Infection at KYEC May Impact Smartphone Chipset Supply

2021/06/07

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As indicated by the survey of global market intelligence firm TrendForce, the recent cluster infection of coronavirus at the Zhunan fab of global backend testing leader KYEC in Miaoli continues to enlarge...

Malaysia's MCO 3.0 Will Not Affect OSAT Lines but Could Again Trigger Component Shortages

2021/06/01

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The Government of Malaysia has announced the extension of the Movement Control Order (MCO) 3.0 by two more weeks to June 14th in the face of the daily diagnosed cases now exceeding 9000...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210531

2021/05/31

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Regarding the capacity expansion of TSMC’s Fab16 in Nanjing, TSMC held a special Board of Directors meeting on April 22...

Foundry Revenue Broke Records for Three Quarters Straight Due to Undersupply and Rising Prices; 2Q21 Could See New High

2021/05/25

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TrendForce’s latest analysis of the foundry market finds that the quarterly total revenue of the top 10 foundries rose by 0.8% QoQ to a new record high of...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210517

2021/05/17

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As previously mentioned in TrendForce’s analysis of Qualcomm redirecting some of its AP-SoC orders from Samsung to TSMC in the April 19th edition of the Foundry Market Bulletin...