TSMC is set to enjoy another year of record-high sales in 2019, but net profits are unlikely to break the record high set last year due mainly to disappointing results during the...

Leading-edge processes, defined as sub-28nm technologies, accounted for the largest portion in terms of monthly installed capacity available in 2015. By the end of 2019, sub-28nm...

China's leading PCB maker Shennan Circuits (SCC) is expected to generate record-high net profits in the third quarter of 2019, thanks to robust demand for 5G base station equipment...

Globalfoundries has acquired the PDK engineering team from Smartcom Bulgaria. The newly acquired team will enhance GF's scale and capabilities, while strengthening competitiveness...

Taiwan-based PCB suppliers are expected to see their HDI board production lines running at full capacity through the end of 2019, bolstered by upgrades in smartphone mainboards, according...

Judging from TSMC's rising capacity utilization rates, downstream memory device vendors have asked their controller suppliers to build up their inventory in advance, according to...

TSMC has already seen its 16nm chip supply fall short of demand, with longer delivery lead times, according to sources at IC design service companies.

Taiwan-based Unimicron and Na Ya PCB have both seen revenues for the third quarter of 2019 reach high levels thanks to robust shipments of ABF substrates, and the growth momentum...

Intel will be gradually expanding its foundry production capacity, particularly for 14nm process this year, according to company CEO Bob Swan. Swan and other Intel executives arrived...

Notebook shipments in 2019 are estimated to show a 1.6% increase with vendors ramping up inventory in preparation for the US-China trade war and business notebooks as well as Chromebook...

Intel CEO Bob Swan is in Taiwan meeting with the chip vendor's supply chain partners, tightening relationships and talking about future development directions.

TSMC has announced that its 7nm EUV-based process technology, dubbed N7+, is delivering customer products to market in high volume.

The Pegatron Group's contact lens manufacturing affiliate Pegavision is expanding production capacity in Taiwan, eyeing strong growth in the maket.

Inventec has invested NT$1.18 billion (US$37.78 million) to acquire a new plant in Taoyuan, Taiwan to expand its capacity locally, according to a company posting on Taiwan Stock Exchange...

Feedback Technology, a distributor of equipment and parts for semiconductor and optoelectronics industries, plans to invest NT$1.5 billion (US$48.2 million) to expand its factory...

The ongoing trade tensions between the US and China is prompting notebook brand vendors to have their ODMs accelerate production relocation out of China, with Compal Electronics to...

Taiwan's IC-design houses including MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductors have been placing more orders for testing gauges such as IC test sockets as these IC vendors are ready to ramp...

NAND flash storage solutions will see much stronger demand in 2020 than 2019 driven by the commercialization of 5G networks and devices, according to Wallace Kou, president and CEO...

The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) is implementing its second 2-year plan to add PV installation capacity of 3.7GWp around Taiwan, consisting of 1.5GWp in 2019 and 2.2GWp in...

Demand for 7nm manufacturing capacity at TSMC is so strong that long lines have been formed trying to secure supply from the foundry house for the advanced process. As supply is tight,...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's heavy investments in advanced wafer-fab technology are set to pay off significantly for the world's largest silicon foundry as it continues...

TSMC has advised its clients to book foundry capacity well in advance for their 7nm chip demand for the entire 2020, according to industry sources.

United Microelectronics (UMC) has satisfied all closing conditions, including final approval from all relevant government agencies, for the full acquisition of Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor...

Unsatisfactory clock speeds are the cause of AMD delaying launch of its 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X processor, which has nothing to do with support from its foundry partner TSMC, according...

Backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) plans to invest up to US$200 million to expand production capacity for high-end logic chips at its Suzhou (China) plant, according to market...