Semiconductor revenue in the first quarter of 2021 grew from the previous quarter, marking just the third time that has happened since research firm Omdia began tracking quarterly...

Taiwan-based pure-play foundry Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) continue to see orders demanding 8- and 12-inch wafer fabrication services pull in, and is in talks with...

GaAs IC foundries Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC), and GaAs epi-wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) are gearing up for a seasonal...

Memory IC design specialists Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) and Etron Technology have both reported brisk sales results for May 2021, buoyed by rising niche-market DRAM...

The global semiconductor industry posted April sales of US$41.8 billion, up 1.9% sequentially, according to Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).

Taiwan-based specialists in semiconductor materials analysis, IC test and verification services will see their sales for the second half of the year driven by continuous R&D on...

TSMC, United Microelectronics (UMC), Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) are poised to see their second-quarter revenues hit...

Samsung Electronics has introduced its newest radio frequency (RF) technology based on 8nm process. This cutting-edge foundry technology is expected to provide a "one chip solution,"...

Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) has said one of its domestic employees at its factory site in Miaoli County, northern Taiwan has been confirmed infected with COVID-19,...

Globalfoundries has announced that the foundry and silicon wafer supplier GlobalWafers have struck a US$800 million agreement to add 300mm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer manufacturing...

Semiconductor equipment maker Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, an affiliate of the Foxconn Technology Group, has announced suspension of its fab operations in Taiwan for two days...

Samsung Electronics is expected to see sales of its non-memory business particularly the system LSI segment boom this year, buoyed by strong demand for handset application processors,...

With analog sales of US$10.9 billion and 19% marketshare, Texas Instruments (TI) maintained its firm grip as the leading supplier of analog devices in 2020, according to IC Insights...

Taiwan-based diode suppliers have seen their order visibility remain clear, with power diodes that support power management applications to serve as a growth driver in the second...

Most Taiwan-based display driver IC (DDI) suppliers are likely to report handsome earnings for the second quarter of 2021, bolstered by increasing DDI prices amid tight capacity at...

NOR flash chipmaker GigaDevice is reportedly ramping up its output at Hua Hong Semiconductor, eyeing a bigger share in the TWS earbuds market segment.

NXP Semiconductors is another chip vendor which has struck a long-term deal with United Microelectronics (UMC) under which the pure-play foundry will have some of its newly-established...

Chip orders for servers and datacenters have started picking up, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses, which expect the orders pull-in momentum to carry on through...

Chipmakers including MediaTek, Qualcomm and Realtek Semiconductor are striving to secure stable supply of leadframes for use in aQFN packaging, with related leadframe suppliers already...

One of TSMC's employees living in New Taipei City has been tested positive for COVID-19, according to the pure-play foundry. The Taiwan-based foundry has seen two employees infected...

Taiwan's III-V semiconductor players including foundry Win Semiconductors and epi-wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC) have cut into the supply chains of major carmakers...

Semiconductor manufacturers worldwide are on track to boost 200mm fab capacity by 950,000 wafers, or 17%, from 2020 through 2024 to reach a record high of 6.6 million wafers per month,...

Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment topped US$3 billion for the fourth consecutive month in April 2021, which also marked the fifth consecutive...

Backend house ASE Technology will have its in-house developed embedded die technology, dubbed "Advanced Embedded Active System Integration (aEASI)," mainly applied to processing automotive...

Microsoft is poised to open its datacenter in Taiwan at the end of this year or early 2022, according to industry sources.