Intel and SK Hynix have signed an agreement under which the latter would acquire the former's NAND memory and storage business for US$9 billion, according to the companies.

Despite the COVID-19 shutdown of the Chinese economy earlier this year, China's share of the pure-play foundry market is forecast to be 22% in 2020, 17pp higher than it registered...

LG Display (LGD) reportedly has decided to push back the date of closing its 7.5G LCD fab to probably the end of 2021 instead of September 2020 as planned, due to a recent upsurge...

The development of China's homegrown semiconductor industry is taking shape, according to Charles Kau, who has just resigned as executive VP of global operations for Tsinghua Unigr...

Charles Kau, formerly president for Taiwan's Nanya Technology, has stepped down as executive VP of global operations for Tsinghua Unigroup as his five-year contract with the China-based...

With Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) at risk of being blacklisted by the US government, concerns are growing about whether China-based memory chipmakers ChangXin...

Taiwan-based pure-play foundries will raise their 8-inch foundry quotes by more than 15% starting the first quarter of 2021, according to industry sources.

Globalfoundries has announced the next generation of its FDX platform, 22FDX+, designed to meet the ever-growing need for higher performance and ultra-low power requirements of connected...

TSMC is on track to enter 3nm chip production with monthly output set to reach 55,000 wafers in the second half of 2022, according to sources familiar with the matter. The 3nm process...

Taiwan-based MOSFET chip suppliers have stopped accepting low-margin orders, while giving supply priorities to established clients amid tight capacity at upstream 8-inch foundry fabs,...

China's memory startup Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) will be ramping its NAND chip output slowly, according to industry sources.

HLJ Technology, a Taiwan-based supplier of VCSEL chips for Apple AirPods, has nearly completed construction of a 6-inch VCSEL wafer plant, with production to kick off in fourth-quarter...

Taiwan-based IC design houses, led by MediaTek, are expected to enjoy a particularly strong fourth-quarter 2020, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic causing delays of new product launches,...

Pure-play foundries including TSMC, UMC and VIS are poised to see their fab capacities continue being fully utilized through the end of 2020, according to industry sources.

Soaring pandemic-inspired demand for chips that power everything from communications and IT infrastructures to personal computing, gaming and healthcare electronics will drive an...

Cleanroom and turnkey equipment provider Acter expects to post a slight on-year revenue increase in the second half of 2020, thanks to robust orders for construction projects in Taiwan...

Eight-inch IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects its fab capacity to stay tight until next year, driven by demand arising from the stay-at-home economy and...

Taiwan-based fab toolmakers engaged in the supply chain of China's Hongxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (HSMC) have expressed concerns about whether the foundry startup is proceeding...

TSMC is fast advancing its manufacturing processes. With volume production for 3nm node planned for second-half 2022, TSMC has disclosed that it has already obtained land in Hsinchu...

Government-developed Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) expects its revenues for 2020 to grow 15.7% on year to NT$860 billion (US$29.3 billion), mainly driven by TSMC ramping up...

TSMC plans to build its 2nm wafer fab in Hsinchu, where land has already been obtained for the facility, according to YP Chin, senior vice president for operations at the foundry...

TSMC has announced the acquisition of a factory building and related facilities owned by E-Ton Solar Tech at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) for NT$860 million (US$29.2 million),...

China's Huawei reportedly is looking to build its own 45nm chip fabrication lines without US technology this year, which industry sources believe is "mission impossible."

The semiconductor industry may be watching closely TSMC's fast expansion of 12-inch fab capacity for advanced-node manufacturing, but supply at 8-inch fabs has been tight. As equipment...

ASE Technology has broken ground for a new smart plant in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan to be dedicated to advanced packaging processes, with annual production estimated at US$500 million...