Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been adjusting its 28nm equipment to a manufacturing readiness maturity level of over 90%, and will start volume production using...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expanding its monthly 12-inch capacity to 240,000 wafers at the end of 2010, rising by 37% from a year earlier, and the capacity...

United Information Systems (UIS) has seen its backlog of cleanroom and equipment orders reach close to NT$8 billion (US$264 million), with visibility on orders clear through June...

Foundry market leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will likely see its sales for the first quarter of 2011 decrease by up to 5% sequentially, with a possibility...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has issued filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) detailing 41 equipment purchases so far in the fourth quarter of 2010, with...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will raise its employees' base salaries in 2011 with the increase rate to be decided later after taking into account of the ratios...

With the semiconductor industry continuing to expand capacity, orders for cleanrooms and production equipment have extended to 2011, and sales of related suppliers will see strong...

IC design company Realtek Semiconductor has recently raised wafer starts at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), due to...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that it was able to secure a favorable resolution to an International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation for alleged...

Qualcomm is set to significantly raise wafer starts at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in the first quarter of 2011, for its baseband chips used in the next-generation...

It was not long ago that Taiwan was considered just a provider of back-end (assembly and test) services for the semiconductor industry. However, over the past two decades the country...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), in order to reach its internal goal of reducing total equipment procurement costs by 5-6% every year, has been increasing adoption...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on November 10 reported consolidated revenues of NT$38.427 billion (US$1.24 billion) for October 2010, the highest monthly figure...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) board of directors on November 9 approved a budget of US$2,684.66 million, of which US$1,880.9 million will be for establishing...

After two years of revenue declines, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is poised for a return to sales growth in 2010, and growth will continue through...