Power consumption is a crucial consideration for all types of electronics. As critical power components used in a wide range of electronic products, power MOSFET and other types of...

Semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest is presenting its latest solutions for 5G, next-generation memory, automotive and power device applications during the Semicon Taiwan...

The global semiconductor market sales are forecast to increase 5-7% in 2020 following a decline this year, according to SEMI.

The lead time for production of 7nm chips at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has extended to nearly six months from the previous two months because of strong demand,...

The annual Semicon Taiwan tradeshow will take place in Taipei from September 18-20, with this year's theme focusing on cutting-edge technologies enabling the semiconductor industry...

Memory modules specialist Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) is expected to see its September revenues hit an all-time high for the third consecutive month, driven by a pull-in...

With global market demand on a moderate increase in second-quarter 2019, Taiwan-based semiconductor foundries showed recovery. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United...

Taiwan-based Spirox, a distributor of packaging and testing equipment, has formed a partnership with National Instruments (NI) and expects their cooperation to bear fruit in 2020.

DuPont Electronics & Imaging has announced it has signed an agreement to sell its compound semiconductor solutions (CSS) business to SK Siltron. The transaction is expected to...

Capex spending for memory ICs was the driving factor behind strong increases in industry-wide capex spending over the past two years. Most of those upgrades and expansion plans are...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its August revenues climb to a record high of NT$106.12 billion (US$3.4 billion).

Pure-play foundries United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have both reported sequential decreases in August consolidated revenues of nearly...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to see its capex this year reach around US$12.5 billion to satisfy robust chip demand in the 5G era, according to industry...

Rambus has announced it has entered into an exclusivity agreement to acquire the silicon IP, secure protocols and provisioning business from Verimatrix, formerly Inside Secure, a...

Chip sales during the initial six months of 2019 plunged by 13.9% compared to a year earlier, the biggest drop in a half since the first half of 2009, according to IHS Markit.

Spending on 300mm fab equipment will slowly recover in 2020 after the 2019 downturn and take off in 2021 to log a new record high topping US$60 billion, only to lag again in 2022...

Worldwide sales of semiconductors posted a year-over-year decline for the seventh consecutive month in July 2019.

In developing AI applications and promoting cross-domain cooperation between biomedical and ICT sectors in Taiwan, what count most is for the government to allow more foreign talent...

Impacted by softening markets and rising uncertainty in global trade and economy, semiconductor spending of the world's top OEMs will face the steepest decline in a decade. According...

China-based GigaDevice Semiconductor has unveiled what the company claims is the world's first 32-bit general-purpose MCU based on RISC-V architecture, with the product samples and...

Testing demand for high-end 5G SoCs has emerged and that for memory chips is set to pick up in early 2020, which will drive revenue increases at Advantest, a major Japan-based supplier...

IC backend houses Sigurd Microelectronics and Winstek Semiconductor both plan to expand production capacity aiming to satisfy growing demand for 5G-related chips and blockchain ASI...

China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup has clinched a deal with the Chongqing municipal government to build its DRAM operations headquarters, R&D and manufacturing facilities in...

Unit prices for SoC chips used in true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds have been falling, due mainly to stiff competition among chip suppliers, according to industry sources.

China semiconductor industry has been aggressively revving up its "de-Americanization" drive since the start of 2019 seeking to sharply wean itself off US suppliers of crucial IC...