Global Semiconductor Foundry Market Share: By Quarter
Global Semiconductor Foundry Revenue Share: Q4 2022E January 11, 2023 This page shows the quarterly revenue share for the top players in the global…
TSMC’s Conservative Outlook on 7/6nm Demand Reaffirms Smartphone/PC Weakness
• TSMC has joined other semiconductor companies in giving conservative guidance due to the expected industry downturn in the next few quarters. This…
Infographic: Global Foundry Revenue Share | Q2 2022
Foundry Revenue Share by Vendors TSMC gained 200 bps in terms of market share in Q2 2022, driven by leading technology nodes for iPhone AP and…
Semi Bellwether TSMC’s Q2 Earnings Forecast Sunny Days Ahead
COVID-19, along with the rise of advanced capabilities such as 5G, AI and imaging technologies, has catalyzed the semiconductor demand for the last…
Infographic: Global Foundry Revenue Share | Q1 2022
Foundry Revenue Share by Vendors TSMC reported stronger Q1 2022 revenue driven by HPC (clients including Apple, AMD, Nvidia) which exceeded…
TSMC’s Quarterly High-performance Computing Sales Surpass Smartphones for First Time in Q1 2022
TSMC reported its Q1 2022 revenue at $17.6 billion (up 12% QoQ). Among its different segments, the high-performance computing (HPC) segment posted…
TSMC to Boost Capex in 2022 Driven by 5G Applications, High Performance Computing
TSMC has announced a capital spending of $40-44 billion for 2022 keeping in view its massive new fab construction plans. This is above the industry…
Taiwan Companies Geared to Face Fresh COVID-19 Wave
Taiwan raised its epidemic warning for the whole country to Level 3 on May 19 in response to a rapid increase in local confirmed cases of COVID-19.…
Foundry Node Migration to Shape Smartphone SoC Zero-sum Game
MediaTek’s sufficient capacity support from TSMC’s 6/7nm is attributed to its market share gains in 2021. Its next flagship 5G SoCs, under TSMC’s…
Foundry Capacity Shortage to Last Longer Than 1 Year Along With Increasing Foundry Costs
The semiconductor supply chain has been suffering capacity constraints since H2 2020, with both TSMC and Intel guiding more than 18 months of supply…
Intel enters $90B foundry business with IDM 2.0 strategy
• Intel is fortifying its manufacturing business • It will compete directly with TSMC and Samsung foundries Hong Kong, Beijing, Taipei, Seoul,…
Podcast: Auto Sector’s Semiconductor Shortage Likely to Ease in Late 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted automobile sales in H1 2020. But as the demand started recovering in H2 2020, the semiconductor shortage crisis hit…
A Mega Wave of Capex Cycle Starts in Logic Semiconductor Industry
A bottom-up analysis on chip supply shortage and Intel’s CPU outsourcing plan from equipment and capex perspectives Since the beginning of this year,…
Semiconductor Component Shortage Hits Automobile Industry
The impact of COVID-19 on the semiconductor supply chain has extended from consumer to automotive electronics. Since Q2 2020, many automotive…
Seemingly Hasty, but Prudent TSMC’s New Fab Plan in the U.S.
TSMC announced that it intends to build and operate an advanced semiconductor fab in Arizona, United States. This capacity of new fab will be 20K…
Podcast: Huawei Losing TSMC Access is a Bigger Deal than Losing GMS
A year ago, Huawei was put on the US Entity List, which cut off the Chinese smartphone giant and telecom equipment maker from doing businesses with…
TSMC Caught in the Crossfire as US Renews Focus on Huawei
Event The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced on 15 May that it plans to protect U.S. national security by restricting Huawei’s…
TSMC Benefitting from Greater Adoption of 7nm Technology
The fortunes of TSMC, a leading global foundry service provider based in Taiwan, have been linked to Apple for a long time. The company is the…