IQE, a leading British manufacturer of compound semiconductor epitaxial wafers (epi-wafer), has announced that its Taiwanese operating subsidiary IQE Taiwan will launch an initial...

China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro) plans to hike pricing for power MOSFET and IGBT chips to reflect its fully utilized fab capacity, according to industry sources.

Pure-play foundry Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) stayed unprofitable in the first half of 2024 but anticipates a gradual revenue rebound in the third quarter.

Wafer Works, a veteran semiconductor silicon wafer foundry in China, made its debut on Shanghai's STAR Market in February 2024. Simultaneously, the company launched a major expansion...

Key Takeaway: Fabs located in China have been purchasing equipment at a rapid pace during the past three years leading to expanding capacity.

The global supply chain for semiconductors is undergoing far-reaching changes due to the geopolitical influence of major countries.

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) announced on April 8 that the country's IC sector has expanded for 11 straight years from 2012.

After experiencing inventory adjustments and a downturn in demand in the semiconductor market from the second half of 2022 to the end of 2023, Fang Leuh, the Chairman of Vanguard...

The US semiconductor kingpin Texas Instruments (TI) held a media briefing to discuss the latest power density solutions, the potential expansion of Gallium Nitride (GaN) usage in...

The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) has earmarked NT$20 billion (US$631.51 million) from the budget for the "Taiwan Chip-based Industrial Innovation Program" to bolster...

A much-anticipated donation of 12-inch chipmaking tools to Taiwan's national labs by a certain company will be publicly announced soon after the Lunar New Year, according to a top...

GalaxyCore has started production at its new 12-inch wafer plant in Lingang, Shanghai. It is yet another Chinese CMOS image sensor (CIS) maker to set up its wafer fab and shift toward...

Chinese pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) is expected to open its largest-ever 12-inch (300mm) wafer manufacturing base in Lingang, Shanghai as early...

Nexchip Semiconductor, a Chinese mature-node IC foundry, has stepped up its deployment in the automotive IC sector with the opening of a new fab in Hefei specializing in manufacturing...

Winbond Electronics, a specialty DRAM and flash memory maker, has expressed optimism about its business and market prospects for next year, noting the resolution of the majority of...