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Samsung seeking long-term supply contracts with wafer firms
Josephine Lien, Taipei; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 30 August 2017]

Samsung Electronics is striving to sign long-term supply contracts with multiple wafer makers to ensure sufficient silicon wafer supplies for the manufacture of memory chips and logic ICs during 2018-2019, according to industry sources.

Samsung has already reached a supply deal with GlobalWafers, which is bracing for huge demand from the Korea-based customer, said the sources. In fact, GlobalWafers has informed its other customers that the company's available silicon wafers will likely be reduced 30% starting 2018, the sources indicated.

Samsung used to mainly source silicon wafers from SunEdison Semiconductor, which was later acquired by GlobalWafers, the sources added.

Samsung has also started negotiating with Shin-Etsu, Sumco and Siltronic to secure enough supplies from the wafer producers for its additional new capacity set to come online over the next two years, the sources noted.

Samsung has stepped up its foundry business expansions to compete with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for not only fabless chipmakers but also Apple and other system device manufacturers, the sources said. Samsung has already ordered a huge number of available epitaxial wafers for 2018, the sources said.

Samsung disclosed previously it is constructing a new 12-inch fab in Hwaseong, Korea (dubbed S3) designed for the manufacture of logic chips using advanced 10nm, 8nm and 7nm processes, with operations scheduled to kick off around the end of 2017. Samsung already has one 12-inch logic fab in Giheung, Korea (S1), and another (S2) in Austin, the US.

In the memory-chip field, where Samsung maintains its dominance, the company has also reserved a great number of polished wafers to satisfy robust demand for DRAM and 3D NAND flash chips in 2018, the sources noted.

Earlier in 2017, Samsung unveiled plans to expand production capacity at its Line 17 memory fab in Hwaseong. The company also announced recently plans to expand production capacity for 3D NAND flash chips at its fabs in Pyeongtaek, Korea and Xian, China.

Samsung is expected to build an additional 200,000 12-inch wafers monthly for the manufacture of its logic ICs, DRAM and NAND flash memory in 2018-2019, the sources indicated. By 2019, the chipmaker could demand as high as one million 12-inch wafers monthly to satisfy its growing needs, the sources said.

According to IC Insights, Samsung's 2017 capex for its semiconductor group could range from US$15 billion to US$22 billion. The company already spent US$11.0 billion in capital outlays for its semiconductor business in the first half of the year, only US$300 million less than its spending in all of 2016.

digitimes.com



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75% Upside Volume on the NYSE - 59% Upside Volume on the NASDAQ:

wsj.com

Friday, September 01, 2017
Notice to readers: As of 3/3/11, Closing ARMS Index (TRIN) calculation is based on composite data. Click here for historical data prior to 3/3/11.
NYSE Latest close Previous close Week ago
Issues traded 3,074 3,091 3,082
Advances 2,054 2,169 1,980
Declines 889 774 957
Unchanged 131 148 145
New highs 168 133 110
New lows 17 19 18
Adv. volume* 485,237,076 673,604,710 430,508,726
Decl. volume* 143,970,315 236,030,743 214,287,558
Total volume* 648,777,337 941,549,055 662,367,645
Closing tick +406 +292 -117
Closing Arms (TRIN)† 0.69 1.02 1.08
Block trades* 6,189 6,887 7,093
Adv. volume 2,012,326,984 2,358,098,957 1,643,927,701
Decl. volume 598,033,835 856,055,301 856,154,803
Total volume 2,689,617,240 3,273,991,722 2,565,582,738
Nasdaq Latest close Previous close Week ago
Issues traded 3,030 3,084 3,033
Advances 1,872 1,989 1,706
Declines 973 922 1,131
Unchanged 185 173 196
New highs 194 166 79
New lows 24 27 33
Closing tick +422 -441 +306
Closing Arms (TRIN)† 1.23 0.75 1.31
Block trades 6,075 7,842 5,123
Adv. volume 868,220,791 1,359,923,176 738,274,191
Decl. volume 556,364,021 474,586,119 643,562,329
Total volume 1,479,220,505 1,858,948,834 1,423,044,874
NYSE American Latest close Previous close Week ago
Issues traded 337 342 329
Advances 212 175 165
Declines 101 144 130
Unchanged 24 23 34
New highs 7 6 3
New lows 3 2 4
Adv. volume* 5,256,439 6,054,047 2,768,719
Decl. volume* 2,109,161 2,655,433 3,122,091
Total volume* 7,648,781 9,112,347 6,302,881
Closing tick +49 -81 +37
Closing Arms (TRIN)† 0.80 0.48 1.45
Block trades* 97 122 82
Adv. volume 45,215,927 52,440,447 28,189,006
Decl. volume 17,237,592 20,630,355 32,161,061
Total volume 65,903,416 75,239,189 64,445,714
NYSE Arca Latest close Previous close Week ago
Issues traded 1,266 1,274 1,259
Advances 925 1,061 933
Declines 323 197 306
Unchanged 18 16 20
New highs 216 132 109
New lows 22 15 17
Adv. volume* 169,712,166 208,805,172 144,196,903
Decl. volume* 36,580,104 32,013,994 43,194,031
Total volume* 207,381,341 241,154,969 187,543,723
Closing tick -33 +94 -13
Closing Arms (TRIN)† 0.73 0.99 0.90
Block trades* 1,283 1,416 1,057
Adv. volume 662,268,475 823,569,856 585,776,470
Decl. volume 169,660,677 152,054,494 172,843,112
Total volume 836,623,513 977,271,117 759,780,449

*Primary market NYSE, NYSE American or NYSE Arca only. †Compares the ratio of advancing to declining issues with the ratio of volume of shares rising and falling. Arms Index or TRIN = (advancing issues / declining issues) / (composite volume of advancing issues / composite volume of declining issues.) Generally, an Arms of less than 1.00 indicates buying demand; above 1.00 indicates selling pressure.

Thursday's data:

Thursday, August 31, 2017
Notice to readers: As of 3/3/11, Closing ARMS Index (TRIN) calculation is based on composite data. Click here for historical data prior to 3/3/11.
NYSE Latest close Previous close Week ago
Issues traded 3,091 3,085 3,092
Advances 2,169 1,832 1,480
Declines 774 1,125 1,433
Unchanged 148 128 179
New highs 133 71 97
New lows 19 45 35
Adv. volume* 673,604,710 348,623,002 339,653,078
Decl. volume* 236,030,743 284,376,710 351,328,679
Total volume* 941,549,055 646,184,380 718,755,583
Closing tick +292 +393 +156
Closing Arms (TRIN)† 1.02 1.34 1.04
Block trades* 6,887 5,671 6,579
Adv. volume 2,358,098,957 1,402,552,191 1,353,169,871
Decl. volume 856,055,301 1,151,290,081 1,367,142,982
Total volume 3,273,991,722 2,613,834,206 2,809,452,015
Nasdaq Latest close Previous close Week ago
Issues traded 3,084 3,048 3,017
Advances 1,989 1,802 1,687
Declines 922 1,064 1,147
Unchanged 173 182 183
New highs 166 109 63
New lows 27 44 45
Closing tick -441 -41 +328
Closing Arms (TRIN)† 0.75 0.79 1.11
Block trades 7,842 7,723 6,532
Adv. volume 1,359,923,176 1,126,157,583 886,024,520
Decl. volume 474,586,119 522,430,834 670,504,614
Total volume 1,858,948,834 1,688,557,608 1,584,927,194
NYSE American Latest close Previous close Week ago
Issues traded 342 340 328
Advances 175 172 156
Declines 144 143 149
Unchanged 23 25 23
New highs 6 4 3
New lows 2 7 11
Adv. volume* 6,054,047 2,754,783 3,377,898
Decl. volume* 2,655,433 3,563,027 2,961,804
Total volume* 9,112,347 7,003,128 6,782,827
Closing tick -81 +10 +17
Closing Arms (TRIN)† 0.48 1.56 0.78
Block trades* 122 70 70
Adv. volume 52,440,447 27,937,789 35,753,183
Decl. volume 20,630,355 36,271,358 26,669,469
Total volume 75,239,189 68,450,408 63,473,275
NYSE Arca Latest close Previous close Week ago
Issues traded 1,274 1,265 1,252
Advances 1,061 777 547
Declines 197 446 673
Unchanged 16 42 32
New highs 132 37 75
New lows 15 14 15
Adv. volume* 208,805,172 88,837,932 105,566,161
Decl. volume* 32,013,994 74,506,315 66,154,314
Total volume* 241,154,969 170,699,010 184,416,269
Closing tick +94 +3 -37
Closing Arms (TRIN)† 0.99 1.33 0.65
Block trades* 1,416 1,008 918
Adv. volume 823,569,856 382,459,249 400,230,959
Decl. volume 152,054,494 292,593,262 321,964,684
Total volume 977,271,117 697,329,909 775,644,451

*Primary market NYSE, NYSE American or NYSE Arca only. †Compares the ratio of advancing to declining issues with the ratio of volume of shares rising and falling. Arms Index or TRIN = (advancing issues / declining issues) / (composite volume of advancing issues / composite volume of declining issues.) Generally, an Arms of less than 1.00 indicates buying demand; above 1.00 indicates selling pressure.









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