Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues fell 13.1% sequentially to NT$78.09 billion (US$2.53 billion)...

Taiwan will not engage in money-burning space competition with China but will step up tapping niche markets associated with the space industry chain, according to CL Lin, director...

Lite-On Semiconductor has set up a new business unit to combine its discrete component and power management IC offerings, the company has disclosed.

The fabrication of semiconductor devices comprises a sequence of processing steps including etching, lithography, diffusion and thin film. How to ensure all process equipment is in...

ASE Technology Holding, the parent company of IC packagers Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), has reported January consolidated...

Taiwan-based graphics card players, Nvidia and semiconductor players including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Global Unichip and Faraday Technology are expected...

The global semiconductor industry posted sales of US$468.8 billion in 2018, the industry's highest-ever annual total and an increase of 13.7% compared to the 2017 total, according...

Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top two semiconductor chip buyers in 2018, representing 17.9% of the total worldwide market, according to Gartner. Meanwhile, the top-10...

Camtek has announced that Chroma Ate, a Taiwan-based high precision test and measurement equipment provider, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire approximately 20.5%...

DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology saw its revenues fall to a 19-month low in January 2019, while niche-market DRAM specialist Winbond Electronics' revenues...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has given its cautious business and overall chip industry outlook this year, when the pure-play foundry is likely to remain the only...

Taiwan-based Spirox, which distributes and sells packaging and testing equipment, has signed new supply contracts but will terminate its long-term agreement with Xcerra.

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects to post a revenue decrease of 8-13% sequentially in the first quarter of 2019, citing inventory adjustments...

The Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TRSI) was inaugurated on January 30 under the National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs), marking the world's only national tech...

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments in 2018 increased 8% to a record high, while revenues jumped 31% on year exceeding the US$10 billion mark for the first time since 2018, according...

ASE Technology Holding expects revenues to drop in the first quarter of 2019, due to inventory correction at customers engaged in the handset- and communication-related IC sector...

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) is expected to enter volume production of chips built using 14nm FinFET process technology in the first half of 2019, fulfilling the...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen the delivery time for chips produced on its advanced node processes reduced to less than two months compared with over three...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has confirmed that yield rates were affected by certain substandard chemical used in the manufacturing process, following media reports...

Annual semiconductor unit shipments, including integrated circuits and optoelectronics, sensors and discrete (O-S-D) devices, grew 10% in 2018 and surpassed the one trillion unit...

Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment posted a year-over-year decline for the second consecutive month in December 2018.

Pure-play compound semiconductor wafer foundry Global Communication Semiconductors (GCS) has announced plans to acquire a stake in Unikorn Semiconductor, a foundry spin-off of LED...

Several major China- and Taiwan-based contract chipmakers including United Microelectronics (UMC), Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), Vanguard International Semiconductor...

Despite its dim business and industry outlook this year, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) continues to make progress in the development of sub-7nm process technologies...

King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has been requested by Huawei's semiconductor subsidiary HiSilicon to provide 20-30% more of the testing house's available production capacity in the first...