TSMC CEO CC Wei has disclosed the foundry's more optimism about chip demand for 5G smartphones in 2020, and its forecast of the 5G smartphone penetration rate next year has already...

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...

TSMC expects to enjoy another quarter of record high revenues, while adding an additional US$4 billion in its full-year capital budget. The pure-play foundry has forecast revenues...

No one could do better than TSMC when it comes to predicting the possible size of next year's 5G smartphone market, as the top foundry house can rely on order visibility from chip...

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

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...

Global shipments of 5G phones could approach 300 million units in 2020, much higher than most market observers expect, according to industry sources, citing an internal estimate at...

Strong demand from the 5G sector is apparently not the only factor driving TSMC's sales growth. The foundry house is gaining growth momentum from better-than-expected sales of Apple's...

IC materials analysis specialists Integrated Service Technology (iST) and Material Analysis Technology (MA-tek) are expected to maintain their sales momentum in the fourth quarter...

Taiwan-based semiconductor equipment supplier Trusval Technology has kicked off shipments of its new functional water supply system for advanced process to first-tier foundry houses...

Sales of the iPhone 11 series have been better-than-expected, brightening the outlook for TSMC's sales performance in the following quarters, according to market observers.

Taiwan's chipmaking industry, led by TSMC, is gearing up to enter its next stage of growth as chip demand for 5G applications is set to start ramping up substantially next year, according...

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.

Pure-play foundry TSMC saw its third-quarter revenues beat the guidance given in July. The results also hit a quarterly record.

Taiwan's imports of semiconductor equipment shot up 65.1% on year to US$2.5 billion in September and surged 32.2% to US$15.5 billion for the first three quarters of 2019, according...

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...

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

China's de-Americanization campaign, a move aimed at cutting reliance on the US suppliers of crucial semiconductor components and technologies, has emerged as the largest black swan...

TSMC with its competitive 7nm process technology has obtained orders for made-for-AI chip processors from Nvidia, Xilinx and Qualcomm, and a number of China-based vendors such as...

US-based semiconductor assembly equipment supplier Kulicke & Soffa (K&S) is optimistic that 5G and AI applications will drive demand for advanced IC packaging equipment.

TSMC is expected to see its third-quarter revenues rise and post another sequential revenue increase in the fourth quarter. The anticipated rebound in revenues during the second half...

TSMC and other major Taiwanese IC backend service providers including ASE Technology and Powertech Technology (PTI) are ready to offer, or have exerted efforts to develop, AiP (antenna-in-package)...

MediaTek reportedly has increased its wafer start orders for 5G chips at TSMC as more of its handset clients in China have taped out 5G-focused smartphones using its SoC solutions,...

TSMC has announced it filed multiple lawsuits on September 30, 2019 against Globalfoundries in the US, Germany and Singapore for its alleged ongoing infringement of 25 TSMC patents...