Analysis: the 256GB iPhone 18 Pro is set to have a bill of materials cost ~38% higher than the iPhone 17 Pro due to memory prices; memory's BOM share hits 34%
TrendForce's latest smartphone industry research reveals that escalating component costs—led by memory—are expected …
TrendForce: Q2 global chip foundry revenue surged 14.6% QoQ to $41.7B, with TSMC securing a 70% market share, followed by Samsung with 7.2% and SMIC with 5.1%
Luke James / Tom's Hardware :
TrendForce: TSMC's global foundry revenue share will hit ~64% in 2024, up from 51% in 2019, while Samsung's share is set to drop to ~10%, down from 16% in 2019
Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal :
TrendForce: the top 10 chip foundries' Q3 revenue rose 7.9% YoY to ~$28.29B; TSMC was first at ~$17B; Intel made the list for the first time in several quarters
The global foundry industry witnessed a substantial rise in demand in the third quarter of 2023, according to TrendForce.
TrendForce: the average contract price for DRAM dropped 10.6% YoY in Q2 2022, the first such decline in two years, suggesting the demand boom is likely over
Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal :
Kioxia and WD report contamination at two NAND production factories, impacting up to 6.5EB of storage; TrendForce says NAND prices could rise 5%-10% in Q2
Update 2/10/2022, 3am PT: Analyst firm TrendForce has now reported that the incident could cause NAND flash prices to spike 5 to 10% in Q2 …
TrendForce report: the combined revenue of the top 10 foundries, which make silicon wafers for semiconductors, reached a record-high of $22.75B in Q1 2021
A new report shows that in the face of unprecedented demand, chip manufacturers are increasing the price of wafers, leading to exceptional revenues across the industry.