Highlights of the day: TSMC increasing 5nm capability
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TSMC is quick increasing capability for 5nm course of to satisfy robust demand from a bunch of heavyweight purchasers, together with Apple, AMD and MediaTek. The foundry home’s capability for 5nm course of is predicted hike by one third in second-half 2021 in comparison with that within the final quarter of 2020. MediaTek has additionally obtained extra capability help from TSMC for chip manufacturing at 6nm and 7nm to facilitate its 5G chip shipments. Meanwhile, ODM Wistron and Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom have teamed up eyeing the 5G and AI companies sectors.
TSMC 5nm course of capability to high 120,000 wafers month-to-month in 2H21: TSMC is poised to scale up its 5nm course of manufacturing capability to 105,000 wafers month-to-month within the first half of 2021, up from 90,000 items in fourth-quarter 2020, with plans to additional develop the method capability to 120,000 items within the second half of this yr, based on business sources.
MediaTek wins extra TSMC help to spice up 5G chip shipments: MediaTek has obtained adequate 6nm and 7nm course of capability at TSMC, which is able to permit the cellular SoC specialist to spice up its 5G chip shipments in 2021, based on business sources.
Wistron, Chunghwa Telecom workforce as much as faucet 5G, AI service sectors: Wistron Group has cast a strategic alliance with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to collectively faucet enterprise alternatives arising from proliferating 5G and AI functions.
