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Update on Shutdown of Hsinta Power Plant on May 13 and Its Impact on Taiwan’s Foundry and Wafer Fabs

2021/05/13

DRAM , NAND Flash , Wafer Foundries

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Global market intelligence firm TrendForce reports that the Hsinta Power Plant in Taiwan’s Kaohsiung City was shut down unexpectedly at 2:37 p.m. on May 13...

Update on Shutdown of Hsinta Power Plant on May 13 and Its Impact on Taiwan’s Foundry and Wafer Fabs

2021/05/13

DRAM , NAND Flash , Wafer Foundries

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Global market intelligence firm TrendForce reports that the Hsinta Power Plant in Taiwan’s Kaohsiung City was shut down unexpectedly at 2:37 p.m. on May 13...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210503

2021/05/03

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TSMC’s Fab14 P7 in the Southern Taiwan Science Park suffered a power outage on April 14 but resumed wafer starts at full capacity in the morning of April 16...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210419

2021/04/19

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TrendForce’s analysis of Qualcomm redirecting its AP-SoC orders from Samsung to TSMC finds that these products’ IC design and capacity allocation ...

Impact of Power Outage on TSMC Fab14 P7 Is Still Being Assessed; Automotive MCU and CIS Logic Will Be Hit the Hardest

2021/04/15

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Market intelligence firm TrendForce reports that TSMC’s Fab14 P7 in the Southern Taiwan Science Park suffered a power outage on April 14th...

Power Outage at TSMC’s Fab14 P7 May Affect Supply of Multiple Smartphone Components and Automotive MCU

2021/04/14

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As indicated by the global market intelligence firm TrendForce, a power outage had occurred in TSMC’s Fab14 P7 in the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) due to the accidental pipeline scission from the fab relocation in the nearby area...

Foundry Capacity Remains Tight in Post-Pandemic Era Due to Geopolitical Factors and Robust Demand Related to 5G and HPC

2021/04/14

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The latest observations by market intelligence firm TrendForce indicate that demand continues to grow for applications such as big data analysis, network communication...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210406

2021/04/06

Wafer Foundries

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TSMC was one of the recipients of Intel’s highest-tier SCQI (Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement) Award on March 30...

Fire at Renesas’s 12-Inch Wafer Fab Will Aggravate Tight Supply of Automotive MCUs

2021/03/22

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A fire broke out at the 12-inch wafer production line of Renesas’s Naka Factory on March 19. Located in the Japanese city of Hitachinaka, the 12-inch wafer production line of the Naka Factory...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210322

2021/03/22

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After suspending its operations for about half a month in response to the Texas winter storm, Samsung’s Austin-based Line S2 fab has been gradually resuming operations since March 2...