The transition to 18-inch wafer production may be interrupted by the current economic woes, but it is a necessary step the semiconductor industry has to take in order to increase...
Notebook component players indicated that Asustek is planning to introduce a 12-inch ultra-thin notebook that has a similar industrial design to the recently launched high-end Eee...
Taiwan DRAM maker Nanya Technology will reportedly reduce output at its 8-inch fab by turning down orders that generate low profits, according to sources close to the company. Expansion...
Formosa Sumco Technology has reported success in producing its first 500kg 12-inch silicon ingot, which will significantly raise the company's production efficiency and cut product...
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and Wuhan city government (Hubei province, China) will jointly kick off official operation of the 12-inch wafer fab built...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), and other foundries are slowing their 12-inch fab expansion, showing no signs of active...
Leading pure-play foundries Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), as well as DRAM maker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation...
Taiwan semiconductor players that wish to establish 12-inch wafer fab in China are expected to hear good news in September. Taiwan president Ma Ying-Jeou reasserted that the relaxation...
During a ceremony for its fourth-phase 12-inch fab (P4) construction in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) CEO Rick Tsai was cited by a Chinese-language...
Taiwan President MaYing-Jeou reiterated that loosening restrictions on wafer fab investment in China is reasonable and necessary, citing the state-of-the-art wafer fab that Intel...
Elpida Memory and Numonyx, the NOR flash joint venture (JV) of Intel and STMicroelectronics, announced they have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to enter into a foundry agreement...
Government officials were cited by a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report in saying that the Taiwan government is likely to lift the ban on local Taiwan semiconductor...
Winbond Electronics announced that it has signed a NT$7.7 billion (US$254 million) five-year syndicated loan agreement to fund its expansion plan and technology upgrade of its 12-inch...
