The solar market has been facing tough challenges in 2011. The price of mainstream silicon-based solar products has been falling rapidly causing alternative types of solar products...

Integrated Device Technology (IDT) has announced that it intends to sell its Hillsboro, Oregon wafer fabrication facility and related assets to Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOS),...

Packaging and testing firm Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) is likely to snatch outsourcing orders for Apple's new processor dubbed A6, according to industry sources.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen its customers specializing in handset- and networking-related ICs step up their pace of orders, the Chinese-language Commercial...

The massive earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck Japan in March has encouraged Renesas Electronics to further strengthen its BCP (business continuity plan) as part of efforts...

Solar power system firms have been focused on rooftop systems due to changes in the incentive programs in Europe. Hence, solar power system firms tend to demand solar cells with higher...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$35.43 billion (US$1.22 billion) for July, down 3.4% on month and 4.8% on year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced on August 9 that its board has approved the issuance of up to NT$35 billion (US$1.21 billion) in unsecured straight corporate...

Suppliers of semiconductor-grade silicon wafers, who had originally planned to further raise their quotes by 10-20% in the third quarter as they did in the second, will be unable...

AMD shipped about one million Llano APUs in June and 1.3-1.5 million units in July, and with the appearance of the company's new Llano APUs in the fourth quarter, annual shipments...

Price competition among polysilicon solar cells have been causing the price for copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells to decrease as well. As governments in...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has downwardly revised its capex budget for 2011 with plans to put a brake on planned capacity expansions for the year. The pure-play...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has managed to regain more orders recently, aiming at sustaining a positive on-quarter growth in revenues for the third quarter,...

Flat-panel display (FPD) equipment specialist Mirle Automation will invest NT$760 million (US$26 million) to establish a factory on a 2.36-hectare site at the Central Taiwan Science...

Advanced packaging is currently growing at a 18% compound annual rate, and equipment manufacturers will be major beneficiaries, according to market research firm The Information Ne...