Demand for TSMC's advanced process support has been strong. The foundry is set to move the 3nm node to volume production in 2022, with monthly output expected to reach 100,000 wafers in 2023. It remains to be seen whether Huawei - banished...

Taiwan's IC design services providers has seen orders ramp up significantly so far this year from Chinese clients who are eager to develop ASICs, according to industry sources.

Retail channel operators for Huawei's smartphones in China are hiking prices of the vendor's models powered by HiSilicon's Kirin chips that are expected to become obsolete in the wake of the US sanctions against the Chinese tech giant, according to industry sources.

TSMC is fast advancing its manufacturing processes, and it has already disclosed a plan to build a 2nm fab in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan. And if demand is strong, it may have to expand a central Taiwan fab to house more 2nm capacity, according...

Taiwan's semiconductor industries generated NT$2.7 trillion (US$91 billion) in output in 2019, and the value in 2020 is expected to exceed NT$3.0 trillion, said premier Su Tseng-chang in his opening speech at SEMICON Taiwan 2020 on September 23.

Both Intel and AMD reportedly have resumed shipments to Huawei after obtaining export permits from US authorities, but Taiwan's IC substrates do not expect their revenues to receive much of a boost as a result, according to industry sources.

Taiwan-based ASIC designers and silicon IP providers are set to continue seeing strong sales in 2021, having seen new orders and IC design revenues keep hitting highs in the most part of 2020, according to industry sources.

The intensifying US-China tensions are driving Beijing to accelerate its push for semiconductor self-sufficiency. China's 14th 5-year plan running 2021-2025 will focus its IC industry development on third-generation semiconductors such...

A fingerprint identification chip for large-area in-display sensing applications co-developed by Taiwan-based Egis Technology, eMemory Technology and Innolux is likely to secure validation in fourth-quarter 2020, paving way to enter the supply chain of Korean's handset vendors, according to sources...

Despite the prevailing pandemic-induced economic uncertainty, the global semiconductor market is poised for growth in 2021, according to SEMI.

China will be stepping up the development of its homegrown third-generation semiconductor materials and quantum computers in the next 5-10 years seeking to fully wean itself off US influence in the next-generation segments, according to industry sources.

SEMICON Taiwan 2020 has kicked off in Taipei and will run through Friday, highlighting 15 theme pavilions and innovation zones as well as 19 international forums on-site and online.

Building on bullish growth in first-quarter 2020 in weak market conditions, the world's top-10 semiconductor suppliers managed to continue their revenue growth at a rate of 2.4% in the second quarter of 2020, according to Omdia.

Supply of 8-inch foundry capacity has been tight, with delivery lead time extending to three to four months. Rush orders placed with 8-inch foundries are expected to face an increase of 10% in quotes in fourth-quarter 2020. In turn, IC...

Taiwan-based Egis Technology (EgisTec) has filed a patent complaint with Beijing's Intellectural Property Court against China-based Goodix Technology for allegedly infringing on one of its patents in the manufacturing and sales of fingerprint sensing devices.

Taiwanese IC designers are likely to raise their quotes for power management ICs and MOSFETs for notebooks, desktop PCs and servers to reflect increased costs resulting from tight capacity at 8-inch wafer fabs, according to industry sources.

LeddarTech, a developer in level 1-5 ADAS and AD sensing technology, has announced the acquisition of the assets of Phantom Intelligence, including all of its intellectual property and technology.

Taiwan-based MOSFET chip suppliers have stopped accepting low-margin orders, while giving supply priorities to established clients amid tight capacity at upstream 8-inch foundry fabs, according to industry sources.

IC-design house Sonix Technology is poised for strong sales through the end of 2020, having seen its revenues hit the second highest ever in August thanks to robust demand for its video/image controller chips, according to industry sources.

TSMC's has disclosed that its 3nm process will continue to adopt a FinFET structure, but the foundry reportedly will take a new approach to its 2nm chip development, replacing FinFET with GAA transistors. Meanwhile, strong demand for...

Nvidia's GPU and AI solutions have seen strong demand from the datacenter market segment, and its acquisition of Arm should help complement the business.

Executives at Qualcomm have paid visits to Taiwan-based pure-play foundries for the purpose of securing capacity support if deliveries from China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) are affected by US trade sanctions, according to a report by Taiwan's TechNews.

Robust demand for Chromebooks from the education segment has not only led to shortages of entry-level processors and LCD panels, but also spurred demand for hard disc drives (HDDs), according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

The coronavirus pandemic, coupled with the escalating US-China trade war, have prompted businesses to revise their roadmaps and goals for 2020. Disruptions brought by the pandemic to certain supply chains earlier this year have encouraged related suppliers to shift part of their production out of China...

August billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment registered sequential growth for the second consecutive month.