Foundry houses revving up 8-inch capacity expansions

Both UMC and VIS have just announced their respective foundry capacity expansions plans. UMC, with support from some of its major clients, will invest NT$100 billion to expand its 12-inch fab.....»»

China's overall IC production capacity will continue to expand in 2020 as both IDMs and foundry houses there have readied expansion plans covering 4-, 6-, 8- and 12-inch wafer fabs and will enter 14nm node next year, according to Digitimes Research......»»

Foundry houses raising quotes for 8-inch capacity amid tight supply.....»»

As 8-inch wafer foundry capacity supply is expected to fall short of demand through at least 20.....»»

SK Hynix is considering feasible plans to double its foundry capacity, according to company co-CEO and vice chairman Park Jung-ho......»»

The chance of mmWave chips mounting a major challenge to the title of being the leading 5G mobile solutions will remain until at least the second half of 2022 due to tight capacity at foundry houses, according to industry sources......»»

As wafer foundry quotes continue rising amid tight capacity, chip vendors are expected to dynamically hike their quotes to reflect increasing costs in the next quarters, according to sources from leading design houses......»»

Delivery lead times for notebook-use USB power delivery (PD) chips at international vendors, such as Cypress, have been prolonged to at least 28 weeks due to tight capacity at 8-inch foundry fabs, according to industry sources......»»

The foundry sector has seen tight supply across a.....»»

Taiwanese foundry houses' promises to devote more capacity to making automotive chips have raised concern among smaller IC designers. With the foundry capacity unlikely to see major expansion anytime soon, production of more automotive chips may increas.....»»

Taiwan's IC design houses expect their book-to-bill ratios to stay well above 1.0 throughout 2021, thanks to persistently tight foundry capacity undermining their shipment fulfillments despite strong orders, according to industry sources......»»

Eight-inch wafer foundry service provider VIS is increasing its capex budget for 2021, with the sum.....»»

Taiwan's wafer foundry houses are under increasing pressure to allocate more capacity for automotive chips, which in turn could undermine shipments of Taiwan-based IC suppliers in the second half of 2021, according to industry sources......»»

Chip vendors have been striving to obtain capacity support from Taiwan-based foundry houses, which nevertheless have been unable to meet all demand due t.....»»

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United Microelectronics (UMC) has raised its 12-inch foundry quotes to reflect tight capacity at its fabs, according to the contract chipmaker......»»

China's SMIC has reportedly received US licenses to import equipment for use in mature-node processes, which may help relieve the global 8-inch foundry capacity shortages, according to industry sources......»»

Taiwan-based MCU suppliers have gained more capacity .....»»

Delivery lead time for notebook-related chips including power management ICs, Type-C chips and other peripheral ICs have been extended by 2-3 months, due mainly to tight 8-inch foundry capacity, according to industry sources......»»

China is expanding its semiconductor equipment self-sufficiency, with homegrown makers stepping up development of wet process and high-end back-end packaging equipment to serve domestic foundry and backend houses, according to industry sources......»»