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...

Silicon wafer supplier GlobalWafers is expected to see its fourth-quarter revenues stay flat on quarter, following a 2.7% sequential drop in the prior quarter, according to market...

Total wafer shipments in 2019 are expected to decline 6% from last year's historic high, with growth resuming in 2020 and shipments reaching a new high in 2022, according to SEMI.

NAND flash storage solutions will see much stronger demand in 2020 than 2019 driven by the commercialization of 5G networks and devices, according to Wallace Kou, president and CEO...

Cree has announced plans to build a new automotive-qualified 200mm power and RF wafer fabrication facility in Marcy, New York, complemented by its mega materials factory expansion...

Wafer reclaim and thinning specialist Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) has filed a lawsuit with the Taiwan IP court against Integrated Service Technology (iST) accusing it of infringing...

DuPont Electronics & Imaging has announced it has signed an agreement to sell its compound semiconductor solutions (CSS) business to SK Siltron. The transaction is expected to...

Rambus has announced it has entered into an exclusivity agreement to acquire the silicon IP, secure protocols and provisioning business from Verimatrix, formerly Inside Secure, a...

While Moore's Law is approaching its physical limits, only a few could still afford the expensive game of process shrink. And when the post-Moore's Law era comes, semiconductor firms,...

Silicon wafer company GlobalWafers has turned conservative about its sales outlook this year, citing unfavorable macro factors affecting semiconductor demand.

NAND flash device controller specialist Silicon Motion Technology expects to post sequential sales increases through the fourth quarter of 2019, thanks mainly to growing shipments...

Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider, expects its third-quarter 2019 revenues to surge over 27% sequentially after the company experienced...

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments fell to a six-quarter low of 2.983 billion square inches in the second quarter of 2019, according to SEMI.

REC Silicon has disclosed it will suspend its FBR facility in Moses Lake, Washington on July 15, 2019 as its access to polysilicon market in China has not been restored.

It will take at least three months for global semiconductor inventories to be digested while semiconductor supply chain players are still plagued by overcapacity and clients' conservative...

Silicon wafer manufacturers have experienced a slowdown in orders from the chipmaking industry, while spot prices for silicon wafers are falling fast, according to industry sources...

Taiwan-based Wafer Works plans to build up its production capacity for 12-inch low-resistivity silicon wafers, according to industry sources.

Silicon wafer company GlobalWafers will see its revenues increase only slightly on year in 2019, according to company chairperson Doris Hsu, who estimated previously "much better"...

China-based Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor is expanding production capacity for 8- and 12-inch semiconductor-grade silicon wafers, with monthly capacity for 8-inch wafers to increase...

GCL System Integration Technology (GCLSI) is looking to enter the silicon wafer reclaim market at the end of 2019, with a focus on the large-diameter segment, according to the China-based...

Formosa Sumco Technology (FST) will be striving to grow its customer base in China and other non-Taiwan markets, according to the Taiwan-based silicon wafer supplier.

X-Fab Silicon Foundries, an analog/mixed-signal and specialty foundry, and crowd-sourcing IC platform partner Efabless, has announced the silicon availability of the Efabless RISC-V...

Multi-protocol wireless connectivity support for Internet of Things (IoT) devices is an important trend for developing Smart Building and Home Automation, Lighting and Smart Metering...

Silicon wafer demand has stayed robust from China's chipmaking industry in line with the country's ongoing efforts to increase self-sufficiency in semiconductors, according to sources...

The ongoing US-China trade war may force some silicon wafer suppliers to suspend capacity expansion plans or allow proper buffer space for clients to honor their purchase pacts as...