The global semiconductor materials market grew 4.9% in 2020 to US$55.3 billion in revenue, surpassing the previous market high of US$52.9 billion set in 2018, according to SEMI.

Fueled by surging pandemic-inspired demand for electronics devices, the global semiconductor industry is on track to register a rare three consecutive years of record highs in fab...

Samsung Electronics and TSMC will see their combined capex account for as high as 43% of the worldwide semiconductor industry capital spending this year, according to IC Insights'...

The emerging 5G, HPC, AI and automotive applications will be driving the global semiconductor market growth in 2021 and over the next several years, according to Clark Tseng, director...

Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment topped US$3 billion in January 2021, according to SEMI.

GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors expects sales of power amplifiers (PA) for 5G handsets to climb to 30-40% of its total PA revenues in 2021, with shipments for Wi-Fi 6E applications...

Diode maker Eris Technology is poised to obtain from Lite-On Semiconductor automotive diode production equipment which has been acquired by Eris' largest shareholder Diodes, and will...

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 5% in 2020, when revenue remained unchanged from 2019 at US$11.17 billion, according to SEMI.

GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors has reported revenue climbed 18.8% on year to a record high of NT$25.37 billion (US$905.71 million) in 2020.

Global sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are projected to increase 16% compared to US$59.6 billion in 2019 and register a new industry...

Following spending of US$106.1 billion in 2018 and US$102.5 billion in 2019, worldwide semiconductor capex is expected to grow 6% to US$108.1 billion this year, according to IC Ins...

Taiwan-based semiconductor makers such as Unimicron and Kinsus are expected to see their orders for 5G handsets to...

Global semiconductor equipment billings increased 30% on year and 16% sequentially to US$19.4 billion in the third quarter of 2020, according to SEMI.

October billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment slipped 3.7% sequentially but stayed above US$2 billion, according to SEMI.

Taiwan's backend houses ASE and affiliated Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) reportedly have landed orders for Qualcomm's Snapdragon X60 modem chips while GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors...