China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to have its more-advanced 14nm FinFET process ready for volume production by the end of 2019.

Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology (JCET), the largest China-based IC backend service provider, has announced that volume production is kicking off at its new 12-inch wafer...

Specialty DRAM and flash memory maker Winbond Electronics has seen its 12-inch fab run at full capacity starting July, thanks to the arrival of new orders and seasonal factors.

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects to post a 2-4% shipment increase sequentially in the third quarter of 2019, with a 1% rise...

Specialty DRAM and flash memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics on July 22 held a beam-raising ceremony for its new 12-inch wafer plant in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan. The new facility...

Foxconn Technology Group is likely to kick off construction of a 12-inch wafer fab in 2020 in Zhuhai, southern China in cooperation with the city government there, and will operate...

Taiwan-based Wafer Works plans to build up its production capacity for 12-inch low-resistivity silicon wafers, according to industry sources.

Winbond Electronics expects to start operating a new 12-inch wafer plant in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan by 2021, when the DRAM and flash memory chipmaker has its in-house developed...

Taiwan-based Phoenix Silicon International (PSI), dedicated to wafer reclaim, wafer thinning and MEMS mid-end process services, plans to set up a new plant to fulfill robust orders...

Silicon wafer suppliers have seen 12-inch wafer demand plummet recently, due mainly to weak demand coming from the memory chip sector, according to industry sources. Prices for 12-inch...

Despite a ramp-up of orders for 7nm chips, TSMC is still seeing orders for other advanced process nodes remain sluggish which has kept its overall 12-inch fab capacity in oversupply,...

Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology is aggressively developing its advanced packaging technology capability for logic IC production, and will remain focused on fan-out...

Globalfoundries and ON Semiconductor have entered into a definitive agreement for ON Semi to acquire a 300mm fab located in East Fishkill, New York, according to the companies.

Memory market demand is expected to pick up in the second half of 2019, according to Miin Wu, chairman for flash memory and mask ROM chipmaker Macronix International.

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor (AOS), which designs and manufactures power semiconductors for a broad range of applications, will start production at its new 12-inch wafer plant...

Silicon wafer company GlobalWafers continues to see its 8- and 12-inch wafer manufacturing lines run at full capacity utilization, as the majority of orders is based on long-term...

SJ Semiconductor (SJSemi) has unveiled its ultrawideband dual-polarization antenna-in-package (AiP) technology for 5G millimeter-wave applications.

The number of 300mm wafer fabrication facilities in operation continues to increase. With nine new 300mm wafer fabs scheduled to open in 2019, the worldwide number of operational...

The silicon wafer market will likely become oversupplied later in the first quarter of 2019, and the situation may worsen in the following quarter,...

Recent rumors circulating in the chipmaking industry have claimed that Globalfoundries is looking to sell another Singapore-based fab, likely a 12-inch one, following the deal it...

Infineon, now the world's largest supplier of MOSFET chips, is ramping up production of such chips at its new 12-inch plant, inspiring more IDMs to follow suit in 2019, a move that...

A batch of 6-inch silicon wafers has been recalled recently by a China-based company due to concerns about quality, according industry sources.

GlobalWafers has disclosed revenues for January 2019 hit the third highest monthly levels in the company's history, while Formosa Sumco Technology (FST) saw its January revenues slip...

DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology saw its revenues fall to a 19-month low in January 2019, while niche-market DRAM specialist Winbond Electronics' revenues...

Specialty DRAM and flash memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics has said plans to build a new 12-inch wafer plant in southern Taiwan are still on track despite some near-term headwin...