Following its move to set up a 5nm chips fabrication plant in the US and expand foundry capacity in China, TSMC has recently confirmed its intentions to build fabs in Japan and Germany...

Compound semiconductors will become a key industry sector reaching a national strategic level in importance, as they will be badly needed to power many critical technological applications...

Mechanical motion control component maker Hiwin Technologies has announced it has broken ground for its new plant in Japan's Kobe as scheduled despite the lingering coronavirus pandemic...

North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$3.59 billion in billings worldwide in May 2021 (three-month average basis), logging a record high for the fifth...

Applied Materials has unveiled a new way to engineer the wiring of advanced logic chips that enables scaling to the 3nm node and beyond.

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...

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...

Trusval Technology has disclosed that customer orders it holds on hand are already at record-high levels, buoyed by robust demand from its chipmaking customers looking to spend more...

Semiconductor equipment vendors ASML and Applied Materials have been hiring talent for their local operations in Taiwan.

North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$3.27 billion in billings worldwide in March 2021 (three-month average basis), a record high for the third consecutive...

Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment surged 19% from US$59.8 billion in 2019 to a new all-time high of US$71.2 billion in 2020, according to SEMI.

US-based semiconductor equipment vendor KLA is looking to beef up its operations in Taiwan with plans to hire an additional 100 staff this year.

Japan-based semiconductor equipment vendor Tokyo Electron is reportedly eyeing the acquisition of a 6-inch wafer fab in Taiwan that has been put up on sale, while fellow companies...

North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$3.14 billion in billings worldwide in February 2021 (three-month average basis), logging a record high for the...

Scientech, a provider of silicon wafer reclaim services and chipmaking equipment, is expected to post a double-digit revenue increase in 2021, according to market sources.