Globalfoundries has reported revenue climbed 36% on year to US$6.6 billion in 2021, when the pure-play foundry saw sales generated from the automotive sector hike 187% from a year...
Worldwide notebook shipments climbed 23.1% to 247 million units in 2021, after rising over 20% on year in 2020. But shipments are likely to register a slight decrease this year, according...
With the Japan government stepping up their support for the local IC manufacturing sector, several new wafer fabs, including a joint venture (JV) between TSMC and Sony, will be constructed...
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has reported net profits surged 91.1% on year to a record high of NT$55.78 billion (US$2.01 billion) in 2021, with EPS reaching NT$4...
Pure-play foundries United Microelectronics (UMC) and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) are poised to see their revenues hit record highs in the first quarter of 2022,...
Pure-play foundry Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) saw its revenue hit a record high of NT$65.62 billion (US$2.38 billion) in 2021, when pre-tax profits hiked 300% on...
Global fab equipment spending for front-end facilities is expected to rise 10% on year to a new all-time high of over US$98 billion in 2022, marking a third consecutive year of growth,...
China-based chipmakers including China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro), Silan Microelectronics and StarPower Semiconductor have reportedly stepped up their capacity expansion...
Taiwan pure-play foundries are likely to freeze their quotes in the second quarter of 2022, as their fabless and IDM clients find it increasingly difficult to pass rising costs onto...
The global semiconductor industry posted sales of US$49.7 billion in November 2021, an increase of 23.5% over the November 2020 total of US$40.2 billion and 1.5% more than the October...
Testing demand for HPC chips, mobile application processors, wireless connectivity chips, and other high-end logic chips will stay strong in 2022, according to sources at Taiwan-based...
Taiwan-based IC backend equipment specialists, particularly those specializing in advanced packaging equipment, are poised to generate record-high sales in 2021, buoyed by robust...
China's GigaDevice, which specializes in NOR flash memory, has said it remains optimistic about market conditions in the fourth quarter of 2021 and next year.
TSMC saw its November revenue climb over 10% sequentially, while revenue at United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) both hit record highs.