As IoT (Internet of Things) chips currently rely largely on 8-inch wafer fabs for fabrication, the increasing demand for such chips will keep such fabs in Taiwan and China running...

Top semiconductor players Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Samsung Electronics and Intel are engaged in increasingly fierce competition not only in developing advanced...

Pure-play foundries United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have reported sequential increases in March consolidated revenues of 4.2% and 25.8%,...

Strong demand for Internet of Things (IoT) related chips is filling China- and Taiwan-based pure-play foundries' 8-inch fab capacities, according to industry sources.

Taiwan and international IC designers have advanced fabrication orders with foundry houses to early 2018 to support shipments in the traditional boom season in the second half, amid...

Combined revenues of Taiwan's top-3 foundries - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) - are...

Consolidated revenues at pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) fell to a 10-month low of NT$64.64 billion (US$2.2 billion) in February 2018.

United Microelectronics' (UMC) board of directors has decided to deal out dividends of NT$0.70 (US$0.02) in cash for 2017, when the pure-play foundry generated net profits of NT$9.63...

Samsung Electronics has enhanced its tie with Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, an ASIC design service and IP provider, to boost further the competitiveness of its foundry operations,...

Holtek Semiconductor expects to ship 20 million MCUs for wireless charging applications in 2018, doubling from the company's previously-estimated 10 million units.

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its January revenues hit a three-month high, while fellow company Vanguard International Semiconductor's (VIS) saw revenues decrease...

The sale of Faraday Technology's security control business boosted the Taiwan-based IC design service provider's profitability in 2017.

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has reported that its fourth-quarter 2017 consolidated revenues came to NT$36.63 billion (US$1.26 billion), down 2.8% from NT$37.7 billion...

The China government is expected to continue to push its wafer foundry houses to further expand their production capacity in coming years as it has clearly set a goal for raising...

China DRAM players can hardly roll out competitive products if they fail to obtain licenses for using crucial technologies, and their in-house-developed products will pose little...

Foundry house United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has disclosed it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Micron Semiconductor (Xi'an), and Micron Semiconductor (Shanghai)...

United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that the company has filed a patent infringement lawsuit...

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$10.668 billion (US$306.79 million) for December 2017, representing a 12.23% drop on month and 15.05%...

United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE:UMC;TWSE: 2303) ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced the availability of the company's 40nm process platform...

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$12.155 billion (US$405.13 million) for November 2017, representing a 11.98% drop on month and 5.89%...

China's memory industry is moving at full throttle to develop its own production technology, but its development pace is likely to be dragged down by emerging trade secrets and technology...

China-based NOR flash supplier GigaDevice Semiconductor has announced subscribing to HK$532.5 million (US$68.43 million) worth of new shares issued by Semiconductor Manufacturing...

The semiconductor supply chain - especially chip vendors - as well as downstream distribution channels and end-market customers, are rushing to pile up inventories by the end of 2017,...

Cypress Semiconductor has claimed its 65nm and 40nm technology platforms are the industry's first to achieve Qualified Manufacturers List (QML) certification for their advance product...

Taiwan's Investment Commission has approved an application filed by United Microelectronics (UMC) to indirectly inject a total of US$600 million into the pure-play foundry's new 12-inch...