GlobalFoundries has kicked off equipment move-in at the foundry's new facility on its Singapore campus, with the first tool - a market-leading etch tool made by Lam Research - moved...
Renesas Electronics has announced plans to reopen its Kofu factory located in Kai City, Yamanashi Prefecture as a 300mm wafer fab capable of manufacturing power semiconductors. The...
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its gross margin climb to 43.4% in the first quarter of 2022, which beat its guidance given earlier this year, buoyed by fully-utilized...
Denso and United Semiconductor Japan (USJC), a subsidiary of Taiwan-based United Microelectronics (UMC), have announced they will partner to manufacture automotive power semiconduc...
IC wafer capacity is forecast to grow 8.7% in 2022 after rising 8.5% in 2021, thanks to the addition of 10 new 300mm fabs that are scheduled to open this year, according to IC Insi...
Silicon wafer companies and other upstream chipmaking material providers continue to see their production capacities fully utilized by the still strong pull-in of orders from foundries,...
China's National Silicon Industry Group (NSIG) announced recently that it has raised an additional CNY5 billion (US$787 million) in paid-in capital through private placement, with...
GlobalFoundries' next-generation silicon photonics platform, GF Fotonix, is available now to address the explosive growth of soaring data volumes while significantly reducing power...
United Microelectronics (UMC) has announced plans to set up a new advanced manufacturing facility adjacent to its Fab12i in Singapore. Dubbed Fab12i P3, the facility is designed for...
Bosch has announced that in an additional move to combat the ongoing global chip shortage, the company plans to further extend its fab site in Reutlingen, Germany. More than EUR250...
Toshiba has provided an update on its reorganization plan disclosed in November 2021, announcing its intention to separate the company into two standalone companies - Toshiba Infrastructure...
Toshiba Semiconductor (Thailand) is an important contributor to Toshiba's network of companies which provide a robust supply of discrete semiconductors. As Toshiba's largest semiconductor...
Many IDMs and pure-play foundries, including second-tier ones, are all poised to expand their fab capacities sparking concerns that the arrival of the additional capacities could...
After a record-high start in the first quarter of 2021, semiconductor merger and acquisition announcements cool off a bit without the "megadeals" seen in 2020, according to IC Insi...
