Strong MOSFET demand boosted revenues at Phoenix Silicon International (PSI), which provides wafer thinning services, in June.

Silicon wafer company GlobalWafers has reported consolidated revenues of NT$5.01 billion (US$164.9 million) for June 2018, increasing 4.7% sequentially and hitting a record high....

Robust demand for chips to support automotive and IoT applications has led to shortfalls in the supply of silicon wafers and other raw materials, which will likely persist through...

Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, has enjoyed robust diode demand for industrial control and server applications which will buoy the company's sales...

Sales in the global semiconductor-grade silicon wafer market are forecast to rise over 20% in 2018, after surging 20.8% in 2017, thanks to a continued rally in silicon wafer prices,...

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.

GlobalWafers has enjoyed robust 12- and 8-inch silicon wafer demand, while having its supply of 6-inch wafers fall far short of demand, according to company chairperson Doris Hsu.

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...

Micron Technology has announced volume production on its 8Gb GDDR6 memory, which is optimized for a variety of applications that require high performance memory including artificial...

GlobalWafers has reached a MoU with the government of South Korea for the silicon wafer company to expand production capacity at its local plant in South Korea, according to company...

As the world's No. 3 supplier of CMOS image sensors for security and surveillance purposes, Silicon Optronics (SOI) will be listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) in July 2018...

Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been enhancing its IC packaging capability by developing system-level packaging technology.

Phoenix Silicon International (PSI), which specializes in wafer reclaim services, expects steady growth in its wafer thinning business in 2018. The product segment has expanded to...

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its fab operation in Xiamen, China to remain unprofitable in 2018 due to insufficient economies of scale.

Taiwan-based Topco, which mainly distributes silicone materials for Japan's Shin-Etsu Chemical, expects to enjoy double-digit revenue growth in 2018 thanks to robust silicone deman...

DRAM and flash memory maker Winbond Electronics will start constructing a new fab in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan in September followed by equipment move-in slated for 2020.

Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) has been contracted by a number of Europe- and US-based IDMs, such as Infineon, to use wafer thinning for making industrial MOSFET chips, according...

Jiangsu Xinhua Semiconductor Material Technology, a unit of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings specializing in silicon wafer materials, has entered the supply chain of China-based IC foundries...

Chengdu Xingu Industrial Parks, a mega complex located in Shuangliu District of the largest city in the midwestern area of China, is moving at full throttles to build semiconductor...

With the finalization of USB PD 3.0 Programmable Power Supply (PPS) protocol last year and mobile phones widely adopting USB-C interface, the unification of standard for mobile devices...

Second-tier IC foundries based in China and Taiwan are planning to hike quotes for 8-inch capacity by 20-30% in the third quarter of 2018, according to sources in the Taiwan IC design...

Silicon wafer prices are estimated to further rise 20% on average in 2018 after posting the same size of hike in 2017 on robust market demand, and the quotes are expected to trend...

Foundry houses raising quotes for 8-inch capacity amid tight supply are creating pressure on IC designers' profit margins in the short term, but in the long run could be a stabilizing...

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments climbed to a record-high 3.084 billion square inches in the first quarter of 2018, according to SEMI. The shipments represented increases of...

LCD driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics expects to post revenue growth of 19-23% sequentially in the second quarter of 2018, citing growing demand for smartphones.