Intel has announced plans to invest as much as EUR80 billion (US$88 billion) in chip manufacturing in Europe over the next decade, including a mega fab project in Germany.

Nickel prices have been volatile, discouraging IC packaging material suppliers, such as leadframe makers, from taking new orders, according to industry sources.

China's smartphone suppliers are facing another ordeal after Shenzhen and Dongguan authorities announced week-long lockdowns to curb rising COVID-19 infections.

China's National Silicon Industry Group (NSIG) announced recently that it has raised an additional CNY5 billion (US$787 million) in paid-in capital through private placement, with...

Ayar Labs has announced it is partnering with Lumentum, the largest manufacturer of optical and photonics products, to deliver CW-WDM MSA compliant external laser sources in high...

Taiwan-based IC design houses including display driver IC (DDI) companies, network IC specialist, and suppliers of sensors, audio chips and MEMS microphones have all put increased...

More China-based companies, such as BYD, have entered the supply chain for Apple's iPads, according to industry sources.

The supply of NAND flash memory will fall short of demand for only certain device applications, according to flash device controller supplier Silicon Motion Technology, which expects...

Japanese companies fled Russia amid war with Ukraine and subsequent economic sanctions. Toshiba worried supply of semiconductor materials from Ukraine might be disrupted; Panasonic...

The price of raw materials such as copper, aluminum, and nickel have soared since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, but components manufacturers have remained calm.

Taiwan-based IC design houses are striving to reach long-term supply agreements with their notebook customers to support the order commitments required by their foundry partners,...

The global supply of NAND flash memory is expected to be significantly tight between mid May and the end of June, due mainly to a substantial cutback in output at Kioxia-Western Digital...

Despite the ongoing shortage of non-memory chips and components, which is unlikely to improve as a whole until 2023, memory chip vendor Micron Technology remains optimistic about...

Micron Technology has expressed optimism about DRAM and NAND flash chip demand for handsets, particularly 5G smartphones, in 2022.

Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain remains unscathed by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, but experts are wary that worldwide economic development may suffer and...