8-inch capacity "high price"? Joint power response

The international electronic business news will be reported on the 5th, for the recent market rumored wafer foundries to provide online bidding methods, allowing customers to book production capacity. On the 4th, UMC denied the rumors that "it did not adopt a bidding method."

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A few days ago, the 8-inch foundry production capacity is severely tight, including IC design houses and automotive manufacturers in various fields trying to give priority to production capacity. According to supply chain sources, IC design houses do not hesitate to ask wafer foundries to provide capacity for customers to bid, hoping to obtain capacity quotas through high prices.

UMC denied the rumors and stated that it did not adopt a bidding method, but said: "Some customers pay in advance." As for the rumored other foundries, both TSMC and the world advanced "do not comment on market rumors." Power Semiconductor Manufacturing Company declined to comment.

At present, the market has different opinions, and some industry players say that the "bidding" is true.

However, some IC manufacturers said that "foundry quotations have been increased, but there is no situation of bidding capacity." They emphasized that the capacity allocation of foundries should be allocated according to the scale and prospects of the application industry, such as large-scale market such as laptops and In the mobile phone market, the product replacement cycle is shorter than that of the field, and the demand is greater. Therefore, compared with other fields, the foundry provides the greatest support.