Taiwan-based silicon wafer suppliers and fab toolmakers, particularly those in the supply chain of TSMC, have enjoyed a ramp-up in orders recently and become optimistic about their...

TSMC uses its N7, the foundry's 7nm process without EUV, to fabricate Qualcomm's latest flagship processor, Snapdragon 865 series. Nevertheless, its Snapdragon 765 chips are being...

TSMC is firmly on track to move 5nm process technology to commercial production in the first half of 2020 and will kick off production of chips built using a newer 3nm process node...

TSMC Nanjing Company has reported its first quarterly profit for the third quarter, which narrowed its losses to NT$1.41 billion (US$46.1 million) in the first three quarters of 2019...

Taiwan-based semiconductor equipment suppliers Gudeng Precision and Marketech International are expected to enjoy bright shipment prospect for 2020 as they have joined the supply...

The board of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved capital appropriations of about US$6.62 billion for the construction of new fab facilities, installation...

Despite the macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges facing the global semiconductor industry, TSMC is set to enjoy a substantial revenue increase in 2020, according to company chairman...

Taiwan-based fabless chipmakers and backend houses are all gearing up to tap robust demand for 5G-related applications from China, where local major telecom carriers have started...

Samsung Electronics has reported KRW 62 trillion (US$53.37 billion) in consolidated revenues, rising 10.45% sequentially but dropping 5.28% on year. Its third-quarter 2019 operating...

Taiwan-based Gudeng Precision and Marketech International, which provide ASML equipment parts and components, are being identified as some of the beneficiaries of TSMC's capex ramp-up...

Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology have all developed their respective 1z-nanometer process technology for the manufacture of DRAM memory, targeting datacenter and...

MediaTek reportedly has plans to roll out 6nm 5G mobile SoCs with volume production slated to kick off in the fourth quarter of 2020.

SK Hynix has developed 1znm 16Gb DDR4 DRAM. SK hynix indicated the productivity of its new 1znm DRAM has improved by about 27% compared to the previous generation, 1ynm. Producing...

TSMC is expected to enjoy significant profit increases in 2020 and 2021, after posting its first annual decrease in eight years this year, according to industry observers.

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...

Semiconductor equipment vendor ASML has disclosed a total of 23 extreme ultraviolet (EUV) system orders received in the third quarter of 2019 - the highest ever value of bookings...

Samsung Electronics has reportedly placed additional EUV equipment orders for its foundry operations.

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.

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

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...

Entegris and Gudeng Precision Industrial, both of which have received ASML certification for their reticle pods for high-volume IC manufacturing using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography,...

TSMC is expected to move its more advanced 5nm process technology to volume production as early as March, according to industry sources.

China's DRAM startup ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) will operate as an IDM and start volume production of 8GbDDR4 and LPDDR4 by the end of 2019 as scheduled, according to Ping...

Intel has started placing equipment and materials orders for EUV fabrication processes since August, and is stepping up its pace of orders, according to industry sources.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to see its capex this year reach around US$12.5 billion to satisfy robust chip demand in the 5G era, according to industry...