Taipei, June 25 (CNA) A clean room facility owned by a subsidiary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) in Japan was inaugurated Friday, paving the way for the contract chipmaker to develop high-end integrated circuit packaging and testing services.
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Denso Corp, a major manufacturer of semiconductors used in automobiles and a main supplier to Toyota Motor Corp, may consider.
United Microelectronics Co (UMC, 聯電), the world’s No. 2 foundry service provider, yesterday posted record net profit for last quarter, as growing demand for automotive, server and networking chips helped offset weakness in the smartphone and notebook computer segments due to China’s lockdowns.
Orders for automotive, server and networking chips accounted for more than 20 percent of UMC’s revenue, it said.
Net profit last quarter soared about 90 percent to NT$19.81 billion (US$673.9 million) from NT$10.43 billion a year earlier and gained 24.2 percent from NT$15.95 billion the previous quarter, UMC said.
Gross margin jumped to 43.4 percent, exceeding its estimate of 40
Taipei, April 20 (CNA) The construction of a wafer fab to be run by a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) joint venture will start on Thursday, according to Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing, Inc. (JASM), the joint venture.