The Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI), under the National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs), has recently purchased atom probe tomography (APT) equipment to support...

OSATs are striving to offload "wafer bank" inventories stored for customers, and are generally pessimistic about their sales prospects for the second and third quarters, according...

With TSMC revising its outlook for 2023 and voicing greater caution about inventory adjustments at its fabless customers, the prospect for Taiwan-based IC design houses to see a pick-up...

TSMC has revised its revenue outlook for this year to a low- to mid-single-digit percentage decrease from the previously projected small gain.

TSMC expects its second-quarter revenue in US dollar terms to register a sequential decline of 6.7% at the midpoint, with gross margin and operating margin estimated at 52–54%...

TSMC is mulling to setting up an advanced packaging fab in Japan, according to sources at fab toolmakers.

ASE Technology and other OSATs continue to experience low production utilization rates for flip-chip (FC) packaging, due to sluggish demand for handset ICs, according to industry...

Chip orders for the next iPhones will be key in determining if TSMC can meet its modest revenue growth target for 2023, despite the fact that the pure-play foundry may see a single-digit...

TSMC came in as the world's third-largest OSAT when including its advanced packaging 3D fabric platform in 2022, according to market research quoted by China-based OSATs.

Japan is attempting to revitalize its chipmaking sector and strengthen related industry supply chains. Its current focus is on logic ICs. As a result of this strategy, two new chipmaking...

System-level testing demand for advanced ICs has been rising. Foundries including TSMC, Intel and Samsung Electronics, as well as OSATs such as ASE Technology, are already involved,...

While the Intel-initiated Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) consortium has attracted many participants, Japan's academic and industry players are also stepping up efforts...

ASML reportedly has seen the first cutback in orders for EUV equipment from TSMC, its largest customer, which market insiders speculate is on track to slash such orders by over 40%...

With TSMC also reportedly to slow down capacity expansions in Taiwan, IC design houses will find it even more difficult to expect a downturn in their chips foundry costs, according...

The vast stretch of land lying a kilometer north of the German city of Grossenhain, Saxony has long been a part of the country's military history: at the onset of World War 1, the...