The Taiwan government is looking to actively support local suppliers engaged in the production of third-generation compound semiconductors, such as GlobalWafers, Hermes-Epitek, and...
Challenges such as entry barriers for substrates and other raw materials, and rising production costs are facing Taiwan's compound semiconductor industry supply chain, according to...
Inventory correction for handset power amplifiers (PA) is going to take a longer time than expected, according to Dennis Chen, chairman for Taiwan-based GaAs foundry Win Semiconduc...
In a press release promoting the Strategic Material Summit scheduled to be held in September during the week of SEMICON Taiwan 2022, Terry Tsao, President of SEMI Taiwan and the association's...
Cleanroom engineering specialist Acter and its factory equipment subsidiary Nova Technology (Novatech) continue to enjoy strong demand from the chipmaking industries in China and...
TSMC has mastered the structural advantage, but can it just sit back? DIGITIMES recently collaborated with National Taiwan University's (NTU) leadership program to conduct a series...
At this stage, it is clear that China wants the Pacific Ocean to be big enough to accommodate the two powers of China and the US, and to gain more time and space in order to bring...
When US president Joe Biden visited South Korea, he visited Samsung Electronics' 3nm semiconductor fab. Should Taiwan or TSMC envy that? South Korea has a high-profile role to play...
Global sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are forecast to reach a record US$117.5 billion in 2022, rising 14.7% from the previous industry...
SEMI, Foxconn Technology and UMC have jointly released the SEMI Auto IC Master program designed to provide complete automotive chip solutions through effective and close partnerships...
There is no doubt that semiconductors will be everywhere in the world in the future, and semiconductors are already a very important strategic industry for industrial countries. Taiwan,...
Global fab equipment spending for front-end facilities is expected to increase 20% to an all-time high of US$109 billion in 2022, according to SEMI. Taiwan is expected to lead with...
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments in the first quarter of 2022 surpassed the previous record high set in the third quarter of 2021, according to SEMI.
United Microelectronic Corp (UMC) announced on April 27 an acquisition plan with the value of CNY4.59 billion (US$695 million) to acquire the rest of the shares from its partners...