The first planned IC design hub is being housed in the busy ... Of course this would entail sending the early part of the product to the top wafer fabrication companies in Taiwan to produce ...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly implemented new shipment restrictions on Chinese IC design ...

High volume 450mm IC wafer fabs not expected until after 2020. April 19, 2016 -- IC Insights recently released its new Global Wafer Capacity 2016-2020 report that provides in-depth detail, analyses, ...

June 25, 2014-- Semiconductor manufacturers closed 72 wafer fabs between 2009-2013 and another nine fabs are slated to close in 2014, according to data recently compiled, updated, and now available in ...

and design rules may also have to be restricted to allow pattern splitting. These factors reduce the overall number of wafers an IC manufacturer can process in a given time, and also raise ...