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Foundry Market Bulletin_20211115

2021/11/15

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Samsung will install about 5-10K wspm of 4nm capacity in 4Q21 and expand this capacity to a total of 15K wspm in 4Q22. Samsung has also slightly raised the yield rate of its 4nm node to 35-40%...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20211101

2021/11/01

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A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan at 1:11pm, October 24 local time with the epicenter in Yilan. Taiwan’s domestic wafer fabs are located in science parks throughout Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, and Tainan...

Foundry to Once Again Ascend in Market Value by 13% YoY in 2022 with Mitigation Exhibiting in Chip Scarcity

2021/10/22

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As indicated by the semiconductor research division of global market intelligence firm TrendForce, the demand for semiconductor invigorated by 5G smartphones had started gradually ferment since 2H19, coupling with the break out of the omnipresent COVID-19 pandemic during 2020, as well as the increasingly heightened geopolitical factors...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20211018

2021/10/18

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After TSMC officially raised the prices of its various process technologies in September, Samsung now plans to follow suit by raising its own quotes by about 20%...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210927

2021/09/27

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Regarding TSMC’s development of the 3nm node...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210906

2021/09/06

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Certain recent rumors in the semiconductor market claim that the yield rate for Qualcomm X60 5G baseband modems has been lower than expected because of quality issues with Samsung’s 5nm process technology...

Foundry Revenue for 2Q21 Reaches Historical High Once Again with 6% QoQ Growth Thanks to Increased ASP and Persistent Demand

2021/08/27

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TrendForce’s latest investigations find that the panic buying of chips persisted in 2Q21 owing to factors such as post-pandemic demand, industry-wide shift to 5G telecom technology, geopolitical tensions, and chronic chip shortages...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210823

2021/08/23

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TrendForce’s latest findings verify that Intel is currently outsourcing the production of certain chips to...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210809

2021/08/09

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Samsung continues to expand the wafer capacity of Line S5, which is the foundry production line of its Pyeongtaek-based P2L fab and accounts for 25% of P2L’s total production capacity...

Foundry Market Bulletin_20210726

2021/07/26

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Following up on the latest developments of TSMC’s fab construction in Japan as reported in the July 9 Special Report, TrendForce’s latest investigations indicate that...