TSMC tops revenue per wafer globally at US$1,634
03/04/2021 09:36 PM
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Taipei, March 4 (CNA) The average revenue per wafer of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world s largest semiconductor foundry, was US$1,634 last year, the highest among all wafer foundries globally, according to a recent report by U.S.-based market information advisory firm IC Insights.
Three of the four pure-play foundries TSMC, a smaller Taiwanese company United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), and Shanghai-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) enjoyed higher revenue per wafer in 2020 than a year earlier, while American GlobalFoundries revenue per wafer slipped by an annual 1 percent, according to the report.
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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) extended a manufacturing equipment purchase deal with Netherlands-based ASML, giving the Shanghai-headquartered company more time to beef up its production capacity in the face of US trade sanctions.
In a statement on 3 March, ASML explained an existing three-year agreement for deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography technology which commenced in January 2018 had been extended to the end of 2021. It added the amendment was signed off in February, but SMIC had only just informed the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Between 16 March 2020 and 2 March 2021, SMIC purchased equipment valued at $1.2 billion, it added.
he US government has been slow to approve licenses for American companies like Lam Research and Applied Materials to sell chipmaking equipment to China semiconductor giant SMIC, several sources said, as the impact from global shortage spreads.