Based on its current inventory of five to six months, MCU specialist Holtek Semiconductor is cautious about its business prospects for 2023.

Taiwan-based pure-play foundries are bracing for lower gross margins in 2023, which may return to 2021 levels, according to industry sources.

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has offered 10-15% price discounts to customers willing to ramp up their wafer starts in the second quarter of 2023, according to industry...

TSMC and specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have reported sequential increases in January revenue of 3.9% and 13.7%, respectively.

Taiwan's pure-play foundry Vanguard International Manufacturing (VIS) continues to benefit from geopolitical effects, winning more shifted orders from clients in China and the US...

Eight-inch foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is expected to see its fab utilization rates rebound quarter by quarter in 2023 after hitting bottom in the first quarter,...

In response to rapid market downturn since mid-2022, there have been market rumors that foundries in Taiwan have revised their quotes downward quarter by quarter. However, the reality...

Semiconductor supply chains are facing the challenges of severe inventory corrections and business downturns in the first half of 2023, and most foundry houses are not expected to...

With third-generation compound semiconductors SiC and GaN increasingly used in power devices for electric vehicle (EV) and server applications, international IDMs are actively migrating...

Foundries and IC design houses, particularly tier-2 players, are bracing for a weak first half of 2023 and may face a new wave of reshuffling that will challenge the industry, according...

Pure-play foundry TSMC has reported revenue hit a record high of NT$222.71 billion (US$7.27 billion) in November 2022.

With foundries' price negotiations with IDMs and tier-1 suppliers for 2023 reaching an end, foundries are unlikely to cut their prices and the chip vendors will have difficulties...

Automakers reportedly are scaling down orders for components which have long been in stable supply or have become more easily available, so as to reduce inventory costs, while some...

Taiwan-based Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is in talks about orders for power management ICs with potential customers including Qualcomm, Monolithic Power Systems and...

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has moved its 0.35-micron 650V GaN-on-QST processing technology to mass production on 200mm wafers after completing customer-end verification...