China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup has already begun to implement its new fab projects in Nanjing and Chengdu as part of its memory business expansion. The new manufacturing sites...

Silicon wafer supplier GlobalWafers has disclosed plans to build new production lines for 12-inch wafers at its existing plant in South Korea.

Winbond Electronics will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its new 12-inch wafer fab in southern Taiwan on October 3, according to the Kaohsiung city government.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its August revenues climb 22.4% sequentially, while fellow foundry company United Microelectronics' (UMC) revenues slipped 8.1%...

Powerchip Technology has disclosed plans to implement a corporate restructuring project under which the company will transfer all its 12-inch fab operations to subsidiary Maxchip...

Eight-inch fab capacity remains tight, whereas there is an excess of 12-inch fab capacity, according to SC Chien, co-president for pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC).

Micron Technology has announced plans to invest US$3 billion by 2030 to increase memory production at its plant in Manassas, Virginia, creating 1,100 new jobs roughly over the next...

AU Optronics (AUO) has disclosed it will showcase what it claims to be the world's highest resolution full-color TFT-driven micro LED display technology at Touch Taiwan 2018.

Pure-play foundry Powerchip Technology has disclosed plans to construct two new 12-inch wafer fabs in Taiwan with total investment estimated at NT$278 billion (US$9.05 billion).

Taiwan-based Winbond Electronics, a manufacturer of specialty DRAM and NOR flash memory, expects to start constructing its new 12-inch wafer plant at the Kaohsiung Science Park (KSP),...

EDA vendor Cadence Design Systems is scheduled to start operating a new subsidiary in Nanjing, China in September, according to industry sources.

As 8-inch wafer foundry capacity supply is expected to fall short of demand through at least 2020, Taiwan foundry houses including United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International...

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects to enjoy another quarter of record-high revenues in the third quarter of 2018, thanks to continued strong demand for 8-inch foundry...

TSMC has made its full recovery after being hit by a computer virus, said company CEO CC Wei at a press event on August 6. The impact on its third-quarter revenues is expected to...

Global tablet shipments are expected to hit the level of 40 million units in the third quarter of 2018, up from 37.08 million units in the second quarter, with the growth momentum...

IC foundries have seen their 8-inch fabs run at full utilization, but order visibility for their 12-inch fab capacity is becoming unclear, according to industry sources.

United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its wafer shipments to register flat sequential growth in the third quarter with a marginal increase in ASPs. Capacity utilization will drop...

Winbond Electronics has completed the sale of NT$10 billion (US$327.2 million) worth of secured corporate bonds in Taiwan, according to the maker of specialty DRAM and flash memory...

Taiwan chipmakers have quietly revised downward their revenue growth projections for the third quarter of 2018, as their order visibility for the quarter remains unclear amid the...

A Chinese court has ruled in favor of United Microelectronics (UMC) in a patent infringement lawsuit against Micron Technology, which would ban sales of the allegedly infringing products...

United Microelectronics (UMC), the second-largest Taiwan-based pure-play foundry, disclosed recently plans to list its HeJian-led China operations on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)...

Wafer Works has recently commenced production at its new plant in Zhengzhou, China dedicated to producing 8-inch wafers, according to company chairman Pat Chiao.

Global supply of silicon wafers will remain tight and their prices are expected to spiral upward probably through 2025 due to ever-expanding demand and slow capacity expansions at...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has started commercial production of chips built using 7nm process technology, according to company CEO CC Wei. The foundry is also...

Image sensor packaging specialist Xintec has decided to suspend its 12-inch wafer-level packaging production line for one year due to disappointing CMOS image sensor (CIS) demand...