Shih-Wei Sun, ex-CEO of Taiwan-based foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) who joined China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup in 2017, has been recently appointed as president and CEO...

The unexpected patent infringement lawsuits recently filed by Globalfoundries (GF) with courts in the US and Germany against Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is most...

Digitimes Research's Special Report on Taiwan's semiconductor foundry sector studies the three major Taiwanese foundry houses: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United...

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that FTSE4Good has named UMC as an index series constituent for the second consecutive...

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its July revenues climb to a 12-month high of NT$13.73 billion (US$438.5 million).

Cadence Design Systems and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have jointly announced that the US-based EDA firm's analog/mixed-signal (AMS) IC design flow has achieved certification...

UnitedDS Semiconductor (UDS), a China-based IC design affiliate of United Microelectronics (UMC), and Taiwan's mmWave chip designer TeraSillC have jointly rolled out 24GHz radar transceiver...

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects to post a 2-4% shipment increase sequentially in the third quarter of 2019, with a 1% rise in wafer ASPs.

TSMC has given its optimistic tone regarding its performance in the second half of 2019, but other Taiwan-based pure-play foundries mostly are cautious over their business during...

Pure-play foundries United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have both reported sequential decreases in June consolidated revenues of 4.4% and...

Taiwan has formed an AI on Chip Taiwan Alliance (AITA) - an ecosystem consisting of 56 IT and semiconductor manufacturing companies, IC design and software firms aiming to foster...

United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its sales growth this year to be on par with the global foundry industry average.

Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its May revenues rebound to over NT$80 billion (US$2.55 billion) - the highest monthly levels thus far in 20...

United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its April revenues climb to a six-month high, while revenues at Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) reached the highest in three months.

Microcontroller unit specialist Holtek Semiconductor is expected to see its 32-bit MCU shipments for wireless Bluetooth headsets surge and likely hit the five million mark in 2019,...

Contract chipmaker United Microelectronics (UMC) expects to post a 6-7% sequential increase in wafer shipments for the second quarter of 2019, with an up to 3% growth in ASPs.

United Microelectronics (UMC) has posted another sequential decrease in March revenues, while revenues at Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) increased 4.4% on month.

Taiwan-based FocalTech Systems, a supplier of touchcreen and LCD driver ICs, is expected to see its financial performance hit the bottom of 2019 in the first quarter and recover starting...

United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its February revenues fall to the lowest monthly levels in three years, while revenues at Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) slid to a 12-month...

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

Infineon will be stepping up its outsourcing of commodity products to Taiwan-based foundries and backend houses, while keeping the production of its differentiated products that generate...

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is expected to see its revenues rebound to sequential growth in the second quarter of 2019, as the visibility of its...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues fell 13.1% sequentially to NT$78.09 billion (US$2.53 billion) in January, the lowest in six mon...

Taiwan foundry houses see poor order visibility for the second quarter of 2019, as domestic and international IC design houses need more time to digest their chip inventories, according...

Persisting robust demand for 8-inch wafer foundry services have prompted foundry houses to expand their capacities in this segment in various ways, including the latest move by Vanguard...