Globalfoundries has announced the establishment of Avera Semiconductor, a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to providing custom silicon solutions for a broad range of applications...

Taiwan-based Silicon Motion Technology, dedicated to supplying NAND flash controllers for SSDs and other solid state storage devices, expects its 2018 revenues from SSD controllers...

Silicon wafer supplier GlobalWafers has announced net profits surged 119.8% from a year earlier to NT$3.63 billion (US$117.3 million) in the third quarter of 2018. EPS for the quarter...

Solar-grade quasi-monocrystalline silicon (mono-Si) wafers based on the manufacturing process of polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) wafers can achieve over 95% of the quality of mono-Si...

Arm has expanded its DesignStart program to include the Cortex-A5 CPU, Arm's low-power and Linux-capable application processor, according to the processor IP vendor. Developers can...

Samsung Electronics has started wafer production of its 7nm LPP with extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology, according to the company.

Worldwide shipments of polished and epitaxial silicon wafers are forecast to total 12.445 billion square inches in 2018, exceeding the market high set in 2017, according to SEMI....

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

As international IDMs are moving at full throttles to develop lucrative high-voltage automotive MOSFETs, Taiwan mid-end and back-end supply chain players are gearing up to win long-term...

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.

Following Sesto Robotics' debut at Semicon Taiwan in 2016 and return to the show in 2017, the Singapore-based automated guided vehicle (AGV) and intelligent mobile robot (IMR) developer...

NAND flash chip prices have fallen to the levels of two years ago, while SSD prices have hit their sweet spot, according to industry sources. Falling SSD prices are set to drive the...

Taiwan's machinery imports are expected to see sharp increases in the second half of 2018, as suppliers of silicon wafers, memory and passive components have started to take delivery...

Semiconductor silicon wafer provider Sumco has suspended production at its local plant in Hokkaido, Japan where a magnitude-6.7 earthquake hit on September 6 causing landslides and...

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).

Wafer thinning technology is expected to play an increasingly crucial role in Taiwan's power discrete device supply chain, as the technology can work well to lower resistance and...

Eight-inch IC foundries have seen order visibility become unclear for the fourth quarter of 2018, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.

X-Fab has announced plans to double their 6-inch silicon carbide (SiC) process capacity at its fab in Lubbock, Texas in response to increased customer demand for high-efficiency power...

Along with the development of data centers, automotive electronics and industrial automation, power consumption has become an issue as crucial as gasoline consumption, prompting power...

GlobalWafers has seen customers pay in advance to secure enough silicon wafers beyond 2021, while fellow company Wafer Works has landed orders demanding its supply through 2023, according...

Silicon wafer company GlobalWafers has reported net profits surged 282.5% from a year earlier to NT$6.28 billion (US$205.5 million) in the first half of 2018. EPS for the six-month...

Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation will display its new testing capabilities for PCIe Gen4 solid-state drives (SSDs) using its MPT3000 testers and...

Silicon Motion Technology saw its pipeline of SSD controller projects with NAND flash makers increased over 50% sequentially in the second quarter. The company expects sales of its...

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments reached their highest levels for the second consecutive quarter in the second quarter of 2018, according to SEMI.

Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider, expects to post revenue growth of 25% sequentially in the third quarter of 2018 thanks to growing...